Explore Bribery through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like graft or felony. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bribery in a sentence
Bribery meaning
- The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.
- The activity of offering, giving, or accepting such bribes.
Using Bribery
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions. | The activity of offering, giving, or accepting such bribes.
- Useful related words include: graft, felony.
- In the example corpus, bribery often appears in combinations such as: bribery and, of bribery, the bribery.
Context around Bribery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bribery
- In this selection, "bribery" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, election, direct, indirect, scandals, cases and statutes stand out and add context to how "bribery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allegations of bribery and corruption and bribery allegations were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bribery" sits close to words such as activate, bonding and cherished, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bribery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Commercial bribery is a felony in Texas. (7 words)
Earlier on Wednesday, another state government official was arrested in Assam’s Lakhimpur district on bribery charges. (17 words)
If you offer to blow the officer and are then charged with bribery, instead of attempted bribery, are we to assume something? (22 words)
An impeached Trump also was accused of using the power of government to go after his likely 2020 presidential rival by suggesting that Joe Biden and his family were corrupt, and should be investigated by Ukrainian officials for fraud and bribery. (41 words)
Congress itself can act, by invoking its power of impeachment, which it can do in any case to convict a president or other official of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours”, and then voting to remove them from office. (41 words)
Airbus, the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, agreed to the payout as part of a record $4 billion settlement with France, Britain and the U.S. following a 3-1/2 year criminal investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption. (40 words)
If you offer to blow the officer and are then charged with bribery, instead of attempted bribery, are we to assume something? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
He said it’s rare for federal prosecutors to bring election bribery cases, and that the Supreme Court has been narrowing the scope of bribery statutes.
The anti-graft court acquitted Estrada of plunder charges in connection with his alleged involvement in the multi-billion-peso pork barrel scam but found him guilty of one count of direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery.
If you offer to blow the officer and are then charged with bribery, instead of attempted bribery, are we to assume something?
Bribery scandals main The Lockheed bribery scandals were a series of illegal bribes and contributions made by Lockheed officials from the late 1950s to the 1970s.
According to NNA, the committee of cases filed their complaint on charges of bribery, fraud, money laundering and embezzlement, and tax evasion.
Addressing a press conference here at Model Town, he said that from the party chief to other senior leaders, everyone had been found involved in bribery, as disclosed in the audiotapes, making rounds on the social media.
Airbus, the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, agreed to the payout as part of a record $4 billion settlement with France, Britain and the U.S. following a 3-1/2 year criminal investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption.
Alejandro Burzaco, the former head of Torneos, agreed to cooperate and testify as a star prosecution witness at multiple soccer corruption trials after his own bribery arrest.
A month after my visit to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky fired all of his top regional military recruiters following revelations of extensive bribery schemes.
An impeached Trump also was accused of using the power of government to go after his likely 2020 presidential rival by suggesting that Joe Biden and his family were corrupt, and should be investigated by Ukrainian officials for fraud and bribery.
A PEP refers to an individual in a prominent public role, who poses a higher risk of being involved in bribery and corruption due to their position and influence.
Archer’s testimony produced evidence Joe Biden in a bribery scheme in which a foreign company paid Hunter Biden in return for the use of the Biden “brand,” as Breitbart News reported.
BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappaaccused in a bribery case, got anticipatory bail Tuesday, the Bengaluru Advocates Association expressed dismay at the swiftness with which the matter was posted.
Bribery allegations were brought to the Justice Department by a whistleblower in 2018 against President Joe Biden, but the allegations were ignored, a former federal prosecutor revealed Sunday.
But last week, an Australian mayor said he was considering suing OpenAI after ChatGPT falsely said he spent time in prison for bribery when in fact he was the whistleblower in the case.
Commercial bribery is a felony in Texas.
Congress itself can act, by invoking its power of impeachment, which it can do in any case to convict a president or other official of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours”, and then voting to remove them from office.
Convicted of 13 counts of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion in a series of schemes that included holding up developers’ projects unless they hired his private legal firm.
Corruption within the civil service, particularly in the form of bribery and fraudulent activities, has been a persistent issue in Nigeria, impacting service delivery and governance.
Earlier on Wednesday, another state government official was arrested in Assam’s Lakhimpur district on bribery charges.
Common combinations with bribery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: