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
- 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
Synonyms for bribe
- allurement
- approach
- bait
- blackmail
- buy
- buy back
- buy off
- buyoff
- coax
- compensation
- contract
- corrupt
- corrupt money
- corrupting gift
- do business
- entice
- enticement
- envelope
- feedbag
- fix
- fringe benefit
- get at
- get to
- gift
- goody
- graft
- gratuity
- gravy
- grease
- grease palm
- hush money
- ice
- incentive
- inducement
- influence
- influence peddling
- instigate
- kickback
- lagniappe
- lubricate
- lure
- make a deal
- oil palm
- pay off
- payola
- perk
- perquisite
- pervert
- present
- price
- protection
- remuneration
- reward
- seduce
- soap
- sop
- square
- suborn
- sugar
- sweeten the pot
- sweetener
- sweetening
- take
- take care of
- tamper
- tempt
- tip
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