bribery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bribery	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bribery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bribery n the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage Synonym(s): bribery, graft
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribery \Brib"ery\, n.; pl. {Briberies}. [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See {Bribe}, n.] 1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.] 2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. {Bribery* oath}, an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [Eng.]