How do you use Bribe in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like payoff or payment, plus the exact meaning.
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.
Using Bribe
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: payoff, payment, corrupt, buy.
- In the example corpus, bribe often appears in combinations such as: to bribe, the bribe, bribe to.
Context around Bribe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bribe
- In this selection, "bribe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, taking, n100, demanded, taker, amount and owns stand out and add context to how "bribe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 20 000 bribe to settle and a massive bribe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bribe" sits close to words such as ale, appointing and avery, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bribe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Money is needed to bribe and cajole. (7 words)
He told me not to pay any bribe. (8 words)
Mumbai: CBI arrests Centrail Railway official for demanding ₹20,000 bribe to settle departmental. (14 words)
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. (43 words)
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. (40 words)
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. (40 words)
For example, if they are not willing to pay a bribe in the United Kingdom, why would they do so in Latin America? (23 words)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In order for you to get assistance, you would be forced to offer a bribe, perform some sort of sexual favour, be subjected to some form of humiliation, etc.
Money is needed to bribe and cajole.
Mumbai: CBI arrests Centrail Railway official for demanding ₹20,000 bribe to settle departmental.
Nana didn’t flinch: he made sure this illegal bribe was documented formally and there were consequences for the company.
Common combinations with bribe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to bribe 41×
- the bribe 22×
- bribe to 18×
- bribe of 15×
- bribe from 14×
- bribe in 10×
- accepting bribe 9×
- bribe the 8×
- of bribe 7×
- demanding bribe 6×