bribe
verb [T] /braɪb/Definition
C1 to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want: He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally. [+ to infinitive] They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.Fraud and corruption
(Definition of bribe verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blackmail noun
- buy sb off phrasal verb
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt adjective (BAD)
- corrupt verb (MAKE BAD)
- corruption noun (BAD BEHAVIOUR)
- cybercrime noun
- defraud verb
- get at sb phrasal verb (INFLUENCE)
- impersonate verb
- imposture noun
- launder verb (MONEY)
- malfeasance noun
- malpractice noun
- rort noun
- rort verb
- shell noun (COMPANY)
- siphon sth off phrasal verb
- swindle verb
- tax evasion noun
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