Bribe - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
Extra examples
I offered the children a bribe for finishing their homework.
...that judge refused a huge bribe to dismiss the charges against the wealthy defendant...
She was arrested for attempting to bribe a judge.
They bribed him to keep quiet about the incident.
We bribed the children with candy.
The only way we could get into the country was by bribing the border officials.
He bribed one of the guards to smuggle out a note.
Sam wouldn't do her homework until I bribed her with ice cream.
The officials said that they had been offered bribes before an important game.
A Supreme Court judge was charged with taking bribes.
He bribed a senior civil servant to get the import licence passed.
The minister was dismissed for taking bribes.
...the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didn't pay him a monthly bribe...
He tried to bribe a police officer and finished up in jail.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: bribe
he/she/it: bribes
present participle: bribing
past tense: bribed
past participle: bribed
singular: bribe
plural: bribes
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