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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, especially 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.
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Bribee
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verb (used without object)
5.
to give a bribe; practice bribery.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French: remnant of food given as alms, said to be < an expressive base *bri(m)b- denoting something small
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French: 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
brib·er, noun
out·bribe, verb (used with object), -bribed, -brib·ing.
EXPANDun·brib·a·ble, adjective
un·brib·a·b·ly, adverb
un·bribed, adjective
un·brib·ing, adjective
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bribe
late 14c., "thing stolen," from O.Fr. bribe "bit, piece, hunk; morsel of bread given to beggars" (14c.), from briber, brimber "to beg," a general Romanic word (Gamillscheg marks it as Rotwelsch, i.e. "thieves' jargon"), of uncertain origin. Shift of meaning to "gift given to influence corruptly" is first
EXPANDattested 1530s. As a verb, from late 14c. Related: Bribed; bribing.
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