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bribe

  [brahyb] noun, verb, bribed, brib⋅ing.
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–noun
1. money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, esp. in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.: The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
2. anything given or serving to persuade or induce: The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.
–verb (used with object)
3. to give or promise a bribe to: They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen.
4. to influence or corrupt by a bribe: The judge was too honest to be bribed.
–verb (used without object)
5. to give a bribe; practice bribery.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF: remnant of food given as alms, said to be < an expressive base *bri(m)b- denoting something small

Related forms:
brib⋅a⋅ble, bribe⋅a⋅ble, adjective
brib⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, bribe⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
brib⋅ee, noun
briber, noun
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bribe   (brīb)   
n.  

  1. Something, such as money or a favor, offered or given to a person in a position of trust to influence that person's views or conduct.

  2. Something serving to influence or persuade.

v.   bribed, brib·ing, bribes

v.   tr.
To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.
v.   intr.
To give, offer, or promise bribes.

[Middle English, from Old French, piece of bread given as alms.]
brib'a·ble adj., brib'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

bribe  (n.)
1386, "thing stolen," from O.Fr. "morsel of bread given to beggars," from briber "to beg," a general Romantic word, of uncertain origin. Shift of meaning to "gift given to influence corruptly" is first attested 1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bribe
Function: noun
: a benefit (as money) given, promised, or offered in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust (as an official or witness) —compare KICKBACK

Main Entry: bribe
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: bribed; brib·ing
: to influence (a person) by giving a bribe
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Bible Dictionary

Bribe

None to be taken; "for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous" (Ex. 23:8, literally rendered).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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