bribe
/braɪb/ noun [C]Definition
› money or a present given to someone so that they will do something for you, usually something dishonest: The politician was accused of accepting bribes from businessmen.
bribe verb [T] › [+ to do sth] He was bribed to give false evidence at the trial.(Definition of bribe noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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