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Antonyms for bribe

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : brahyb
Phonetic Transcription : braɪb


Definition of bribe

Origin :
  • late 14c., "thing stolen," from Old French bribe "bit, piece, hunk; morsel of bread given to beggars" (14c., cf. Old French bribeor "vagrant, beggar"), from briber, brimber "to beg," a general Romanic word (Gamillscheg marks it as Rotwelsch, i.e. "thieves' jargon"), of uncertain origin; old sources suggest Celtic (cf. Breton breva "to break"). Shift of meaning to "gift given to influence corruptly" is by mid-15c.
  • noun payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity
  • verb request silence, action, or inaction for money
Example sentences :
  • Would a Sunday-school picnic constitute a bribe worth mentioning?
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • "Maybe you could bribe Jim Wakely into giving something away," she suggested.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • No bribe—and he was shameless in his offers—could wring more than that from her.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Then I tried to bribe them, and they ordered me out of the room.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • You, with the impudence of your class, think you can come to me and bribe me to betray my employer.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • It's just like a woman, to take the bribe, and then be sorry for having taken it.'
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • Did you think you could bribe me with your gifts to tolerate your vileness?
  • Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • But there lurks no bribe in the smell and beauty of the flower.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • “But it was a bribe to get you to take them off,” laughed the Patient Aunt, wickedly.
  • Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • Escovedo wrote me a letter that was little better than an attempt to bribe me.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

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