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English Dictionary: bribe	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for bribe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bribe n payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment Synonym(s): bribe, payoff v make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" Synonym(s): bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribe \Bribe\, n. [F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar), LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi food.] 1. A gift begged; a present. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust. Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. --Hobart. 3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement. Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these ever[?]blooming sweets. --Akenside.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribe \Bribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bribing}.] 1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to. Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. --F. W. Robertson. 3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribe \Bribe\, v. i. 1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.] 2. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise. An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted. --Bouvier. The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe. --Goldsmith.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bribe None to be taken; "for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous" (Ex. 23:8, literally rendered).