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bribe noun

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Definition

money or a present that you give to someone so that they will do something for you, usually something dishonest
He was accused of accepting/taking bribes from wealthy businessmen.

bribery noun

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The organization was rife with bribery and corruption.

(Definition of bribe noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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