bribery
pronunciation
How to pronounce bribery in British English:
UK [ˈbraɪbəri]
How to pronounce bribery in American English:
US [ˈbraɪbəri]
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- Noun:
- the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
Word Origin
- bribery (n.)
- late 14c., "theft, robbery, swindling, pilfering;" see bribe (n.) + -ery. Specifically of magistrates taking money for corrupted services from mid-16c.; sense of "offering of a bribe" is from 1560s.
Example
- 1. Simple bribery is at the core of the case .
- 2. Our congress has become a forum for legalized bribery .
- 3. Most firms in the sample have strict rules barring bribery .
- 4. Or it may be down to simple bribery .
- 5. British coppers are investigating both phone-hacking and bribery charges .