About The Word Bribery
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Bribery
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What's The Definition Of Bribery?
[n] the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bribery: graft Related Terms | Find terms related to Bribery: See Also | commercial bribery | felony Bribery In Webster's Dictionary \Brib"er*y\, 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.]
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