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noun, plural -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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Sixteen people who are accused of paying for vouchers have been charged with bribery.

So the university instead turned to low-level bribery.

He charged ten people with bribery and defrauding the state.

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Sixteen people who are accused of paying for vouchers have been charged with bribery.

So the university instead turned to low-level bribery.

He charged ten people with bribery and defrauding the state.

Deconstruct the events leading to this tragedy and find out how bribery and corruption virtually guaranteed the disaster.

While other countries may make use of bribes, in no other country is government itself so hampered by formal, legal bribery.

Convincing customers to upgrade to your latest operating system is usually an exercise in marketing, education and bribery.

He did not specify any concrete proposals put forward at the meeting to curb bribery.

Others argue that bribery by leading business groups remains deeply rooted and that no president has had the courage to tackle it.

We were also at fault for letting police bribery as a natural thing.

To me, gifts to committee members raises the ethical issue of bribery.

Over the years, he has been tried more than a dozen times for fraud, false accounting or bribery.

She does not respond to bribery of any sort to be caught.

The problem is not simply one of embezzlement and bribery.

The former police narcotics unit leader was sentenced to more than three years federal in prison for bribery and theft.

Agnew was forced to resign after pleading no contest to bribery and tax-evasion charges.

Scruggs, has agreed to plead guilty in a bribery case involving a state judge.

Elsewhere blackmail and bribery helped get more people out to vote.

The government could easily turn bribery into taxes.

His police career would have certainly taught him that prosecutors and judges are far from immune to bribery or intimidation.

Suggestions of bribery had been swirling around, but this was the first time anyone had gone on the record.

It's a shame that taxes and regulations are so high that bribery of foreign officials is cheaper.

Low pay and widespread corruption may make their border patrols prone to bribery.

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bribery (ˈbraɪbərɪ)

—n , pl -eries
	the process of giving or taking bribes

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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.

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