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bribesnounpl. of bribe something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decisionthat judge refused a huge bribe to dismiss the charges against the wealthy defendant backhanders(British), boodles, cumshaws, fixes, sops baksheeshs, kickbacks, payoffsslush fundsincentives, incitements, instigations, motivations, provocations, spurs, stimulations, stimuliboosts, encouragements, goads, inducementsallurements, baits, enticements, lures, seductions, temptations, turn-onsflatteries, persuasionsdecoys, snares, traps bribesverbpresent tense third-person singular of bribeto influence someone with a bribemeat inspectors were bribed, and the contaminated beef was sold to the public buys, corrupts, has, pays off, squares fixes, tampers (with)abases, debases, debauches, defiles, degrades, demeans, depraves, dishonors, perverts, poisons, profanes, prostitutes, subverts, taints, warpsallures, baits, beguiles, entices, leads on, lures, seduces, temptsmotivates, provokes, spurs, stimulatesgoads, inducesflatters, persuadessnares, traps gets at, greases the hand of(or greases the palm of), oils the hand of(or oils the palm of) |