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Definitions for Bribe

[1] money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.: The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
[2] anything given or serving to persuade or induce: The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.
[3] to give or promise a bribe to: They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen.
[4] to influence or corrupt by a bribe: The judge was too honest to be bribed.
[5] to give a bribe; practice bribery.
[6] to promise, offer, or give something, usually money, to (a person) to procure services or gain influence, esp illegally
[7] a reward, such as money or favour, given or offered for this purpose
[8] any persuasion or lure
[9] a length of flawed or damaged cloth removed from the main piece

Words related to Bribe

gift, kickback, perk, gratuity, blackmail, incentive, compensation, reward, inducement, graft, seduce, entice, tempt, corrupt, bait, lure, sop, ice, take, allurement

Words nearby Bribe

briar, briard, briareus, briarroot, briarwood, bribe, bribery, bric-a-brac, brice, bricht, brick

Origin of Bribe

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French: remnant of food given as alms, said to be < an expressive base *bri(m)b- denoting something small

Other words from Bribe

brib·a·ble , bribe·a·ble , adjective
brib·a·bil·i·ty , bribe·a·bil·i·ty , noun
brib·ee , noun
brib·er , noun
out·bribe , verb (used with object), out·bribed, out·brib·ing.
un·brib·a·ble , adjective
un·brib·a·bly , adverb
un·bribed , adjective
un·brib·ing , adjective

Word origin for Bribe

C14: from Old French briber to beg, of obscure origin

Synonyms for Bribe

blackmail, compensation, gift, graft, gratuity, hush money, incentive, inducement, kickback, perk, reward, allurement, bait, contract, enticement, envelope, feedbag, goody, gravy, grease, ice, lagniappe, lure, payola, perquisite, present, price, protection, remuneration, sop, sweetener, sweetening, take, buyoff, corrupt money, corrupting gift, fringe benefit, influence peddling