bribe

(brīb)
n.

1. Something, such as money or a favor, offered or given to a person in a position of trust to influence that person's views or conduct.
2. Something serving to influence or persuade.

v., bribed, brib·ing, bribes.

v.tr.
To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.

v.intr.
To give, offer, or promise bribes.

[Middle English, from Old French, piece of bread given as alms.]

bribable brib'a·ble adj.
briber brib'er n.

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A voluntary payment offered, usually surreptitiously, in expectation of a special favor. While offering a bribe is not always illegal, accepting one is unethical or frequently illegal.

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noun

Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior: fix, graft, payola. Informal payoff. Slang boodle. See crimes, money, persuasion/dissuasion.

verb

To give, offer, or promise a bribe to: buy (off). Informal pay off. Idioms: grease someone'spalmhand. See crimes, money, persuasion/dissuasion.

An illegal payment from one party to another, usually in return for a legal or financial favor. Bribes are often made to public officials or heads of other regulatory agencies in order to escape legal convictions or unfavorable rulings, or as an incentive for the payee to bend or overlook pertinent regulations that would otherwise restrict the payer.

Investopedia Says:
Bribes and kickbacks of any kind are, obviously, nondeductible. Bribes that take the form of kickbacks to insurance or securities customers are known as rebating, and can result in disciplinary actions by the regulatory authorities.

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sign description: One hand has the palm facing down while the other closed hand moves back and forth under the flat hand.

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For a list of words related to bribe, see:

• Acts, Powers, Conditions, and Procedures - bribe: illegal payment to public official for favor
• Intrigues, Plots, and Corruption - bribe: something given secretly to influence opinion, esp. money; payoff

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See words rhyming with "briber."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Bribe.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bestikke
v. intr. - foretage bestikkelse
n. - bestikkelse, bestikkelsespenge

Nederlands (Dutch)
omkopen, smeergeld

Français (French)
v. tr. - soudoyer, suborner, acheter la conscience de
v. intr. - soudoyer
n. - pot-de-vin, corruption

Deutsch (German)
v. - bestechen
n. - Bestechungsgeld

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δωροδοκία, λάδωμα
v. - δωροδοκώ, λαδώνω

Italiano (Italian)
corrompere, bustarella, tangente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - suborno (m)
v. - subornar

Русский (Russian)
давать взятку, подкупать, взятка

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - comprar, sobornar, corromper
v. intr. - proponer un soborno, hacer una compra, provocar una corrupción
n. - soborno

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mutor, korruption
v. - muta, besticka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贿赂, 收买, 行贿

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 賄賂, 收買
v. intr. - 行賄
n. - 賄賂

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에게 뇌물을 주다
v. intr. - 뇌물을 주다
n. - 뇌물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 賄賂, 誘惑するもの, えさ
v. - 賄賂で誘惑する, 贈賄する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رشوة (فعل) رشى, ارتشى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נתן שוחד, שיחד‬
v. intr. - ‮נתן שוחד, שיחד‬
n. - ‮שוחד‬

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