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brib·er·y
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ˈbraɪ
bə
ri
/
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[
brahy
-b
uh
-ree
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noun,
plural
brib·er·ies.
the act or practice of giving or accepting a
bribe
:
Bribery of a public official is a
felony
.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
briberie
theft <
Middle French:
begging. See
bribe
,
-ery
Can be confused:
bribery,
extortion
.
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bribery
(ˈbraɪbərɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-eries
the process of giving or taking bribes
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bribery
late 14c., "theft, robbery," from
bribe
(q.v.) +
-ery
. Specifically of magistrates taking money for corrupted services from mid-16c.; sense of "offering of a bribe" is from 1560s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
They might also be more susceptible to
bribery
than those in high office.
Courts may be slow, politicians meddlesome and
bribery
a problem.
But prosecutors had been considering indicting him on
bribery
charges.
It involves a little bit of
bribery
and a lot of blackmail.
Others argue that
bribery
by leading business groups remains deeply rooted and that no president has had the courage to tackle it.
While other countries may make use of bribes, in no other country is government itself so hampered by formal, legal
bribery
.
Elsewhere blackmail and
bribery
helped get more people out to vote.
Over the years, he has been tried more than a dozen times for fraud, false accounting or
bribery
.
So the university instead turned to low-level
bribery
.
Low pay and widespread corruption may make their border patrols prone to
bribery
.
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