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Bribe meaning
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law. | The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery. | That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
Example sentences (20)
He said that if a government officer agreed to a bribe, the money would be handed to the illegal money changer in the country and the bribe-taker would later collect the sum from a money changer’s associate based in another country.
Upon arrest, the suspect offered a bribe to the police officers who refused the bribe.
According to him, the former governor in question had reportedly contracted the journalist to bribe and influence members of the state House of Assembly to commence an impeachment proceedings against Gov. Dauda Lawal.
Acting on a tip-off about collection of bribe money from those registering their documents through the document writers, the sleuths of Virudhunagar DVAC, led by its Additional Superintendent of Police, K. Ramachandran, kept a watch on Sundareswaran.
After negotiation, it was decided that the bribe amount will be given in two equal instalments of Rs 15,000 each.
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Punjab Police, arrested for allegedly setting free a drug peddler after taking bribe, owns six residential and commercial properties worth more than Rs 2 crore, and as many vehicles, a preliminary probe has revealed.
At least, three suspects are currently in NDLEA custody over the shipment while a bribe of N20 million converted to $22,900 offered operatives by the importers agents has also been recovered and documented as evidence.
A trigger-happy cop similarly got his comeuppance after he allegedly shot and killed one Onyeka Ibe over an N100 bribe while on stop-and-search duty.
Bankman-Fried allegedly paid the first bribe just two months after two top Chinese regulators, including the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), took harsh measures to end cryptocurrency mining and trading in September 2021.
Before that, the House expelled a member in 1980 for soliciting a bribe and six members in 1866 six members for trying to block the adoption of a constitutional amendment granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
Deputy home affairs minister Maj-Gen Soe Tint Naing proposed using community policing to combat “terrorism”, apparently ignorant of the fact that regime officials can’t even bribe people to give information.
Domino's remains the go-to bribe of choice for lazy bosses wanting you to work back when you don't want to.
During that time, Lewis grew close to corrupt police commissioner Frank Bischof and bribe-taking “Rat Pack” officers Tony Murphy and Glen Hallahan.
During the operation, Phanindra Das, a middleman was caught red handed, immediately after he accepted Rs 3,000 as part of the demanded bribe in conspiracy with ASI (UB) Mukut Ali.
EFCC Responds To Matawalle $2m Bribe Allegation, Says They Will Not.
For example, if they are not willing to pay a bribe in the United Kingdom, why would they do so in Latin America?
Hearing the case on Friday, Principal District and Sessions Judge S. Sivakadatcham sentenced Ganesan to undergo two years imprisonment for demanding and accepting bribe.
Her most famous accomplishment in Nazi-occupied France came after D-Day when she rescued two SOE agents from the Gestapo hours before they were due to be shot by threatening the Gestapo leader and offering him a massive bribe.
He told me not to pay any bribe.
IAF officer who leaked info to pvt firm spent part of bribe in temple don.