bribe
/bɹaɪb/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.50 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
noun
That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
Example Sentences
- "c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Yardly v. Ellill Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe."
- "The bribes I took did not influence me to become evil. I was evil from the beginning and the bribes were merely a bonus"
- "Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets."
- "Remy, this was a bribe! Our whole marriage has been nothing but a series of bribes!"
- "She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements."
- "October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience."