Bribery
noun
The act of giving money or gifts to someone to influence their decisions.
The politician was accused of accepting bribery to pass certain laws.
Often appears as...
- accused of bribery
- involved in bribery
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
noun
The act of giving money or gifts to someone to influence their decisions.
The politician was accused of accepting bribery to pass certain laws.
Often appears as...
- accused of bribery
- involved in bribery
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Bribery implies unethical behavior and is seen negatively in most cultures.
His career ended in disgrace due to bribery allegations.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Bribery is illegal and can lead to legal consequences, such as fines or jail time.
The company faced severe penalties for its bribery of public officials.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Money
Bribery can involve gifts or favors aside from money to improperly influence someone.
She offered him concert tickets as bribery to get her work done first.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Bribery implies unethical behavior and is seen negatively in most cultures.
His career ended in disgrace due to bribery allegations.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Bribery is illegal and can lead to legal consequences, such as fines or jail time.
The company faced severe penalties for its bribery of public officials.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Money
Bribery can involve gifts or favors aside from money to improperly influence someone.
She offered him concert tickets as bribery to get her work done first.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Bribery implies unethical behavior and is seen negatively in most cultures.
His career ended in disgrace due to bribery allegations.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Bribery is illegal and can lead to legal consequences, such as fines or jail time.
The company faced severe penalties for its bribery of public officials.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Money
Bribery can involve gifts or favors aside from money to improperly influence someone.
She offered him concert tickets as bribery to get her work done first.
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How does impeachment...
bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. That still leaves a lot of room for interpretation, not to mention politics, and many impeachment trials have split along partisan lines. But the process is generally understood to be reserved for serious abuses of power.
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The most notorious...
had recently been discovered. Sensing an opportunity, Marsh paid the mine operators to send him the most interesting new finds. Outraged, Cope accused Marsh of bribery. That same year, Cope showed Marsh his reconstruction of a new marine reptile
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Laws that choke...
It failed partly because the courts are too passive, partly because the legislatures are corrupted, by which I don't mean that there's bribery operating to stop real change, but more the economy of influence that governs how Congress functions
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How to expose the...
they became I would say the strongest anti-corruption agency of the world most of the large companies are now totally convinced that they have to put in place very strong policies against bribery and so on and this is possible because civil
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Peter Eigen: How to...
Now, why did the World Bank not let me do this work? I found out afterwards, after I left, under a big fight, the World Bank. The reason was that the members of the World Bank thought that foreign bribery was okay,
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An interview with the...
So she would fix them a sandwich. Today they would call that bribery. But she was just that kind of person. She liked to do things for you. She liked to give. So she would do that, and maybe that helped us out,
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How the blockchain will...
And what he meant by institutions were really just formal rules like a constitution, and informal constraints, like bribery. These institutions are really the grease that allow our economic wheels to function,
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Introducing a New...
your boat guys get quite creative they do toasted kind of sandwiches called bribery keys just like bribe breads and you can get rid creative with the kind of fillings cheese tomato onion whatever you like
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The rise and fall of the...
using bribery, threats, and lies to turn tribes against each other. Only in the closing days of this great war did the Celts unite against their common enemy under the leadership of king Vercingetorix,
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Inge Missmahl brings...
foreign interests, bribery, drugs, ethnic conflicts, bad health, shame, fear and cumulative traumatic experiences. Local and foreign military are supposed to build peace together with the donors
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How does impeachment...
bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. That still leaves a lot of room for interpretation, not to mention politics, and many impeachment trials have split along partisan lines. But the process is generally understood to be reserved for serious abuses of power.
Video examples
The most notorious...
had recently been discovered. Sensing an opportunity, Marsh paid the mine operators to send him the most interesting new finds. Outraged, Cope accused Marsh of bribery. That same year, Cope showed Marsh his reconstruction of a new marine reptile
Video examples
Laws that choke...
It failed partly because the courts are too passive, partly because the legislatures are corrupted, by which I don't mean that there's bribery operating to stop real change, but more the economy of influence that governs how Congress functions
Video examples
How to expose the...
they became I would say the strongest anti-corruption agency of the world most of the large companies are now totally convinced that they have to put in place very strong policies against bribery and so on and this is possible because civil
Video examples
Peter Eigen: How to...
Now, why did the World Bank not let me do this work? I found out afterwards, after I left, under a big fight, the World Bank. The reason was that the members of the World Bank thought that foreign bribery was okay,
Video examples
An interview with the...
So she would fix them a sandwich. Today they would call that bribery. But she was just that kind of person. She liked to do things for you. She liked to give. So she would do that, and maybe that helped us out,
Video examples
How the blockchain will...
And what he meant by institutions were really just formal rules like a constitution, and informal constraints, like bribery. These institutions are really the grease that allow our economic wheels to function,
Video examples
Introducing a New...
your boat guys get quite creative they do toasted kind of sandwiches called bribery keys just like bribe breads and you can get rid creative with the kind of fillings cheese tomato onion whatever you like
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
using bribery, threats, and lies to turn tribes against each other. Only in the closing days of this great war did the Celts unite against their common enemy under the leadership of king Vercingetorix,
Video examples
Inge Missmahl brings...
foreign interests, bribery, drugs, ethnic conflicts, bad health, shame, fear and cumulative traumatic experiences. Local and foreign military are supposed to build peace together with the donors
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Quote examples
James Surowiecki
American Journalist
If someone really wants my company's business, why shouldn't he be able to do everything he can - including paying me off - to get that business? Because bribery encourages people to make decisions based on the wrong criteria, which means in the business world that it distorts the efficient allocation of resources.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky
American Writer
You cannot 'rationalize' what is not rational to begin with - as if lying were called 'truthization.' There is no way to obtain more truth for a proposition by bribery, flattery, or the most passionate argument - you can make more people believe the proposition, but you cannot make it more true.
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Michael Musto
American Writer
In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
Politicians are expected to spend half their time talking to funders and to keep them happy. Given this context, it's not hard to see how a bribery charge can feel like a technical argument instead of a moral one.
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Loretta Lynch
American Public Servant
Rather than let their product compete fully and fairly in the marketplace, FalconStor resorted to bribery and graft to win important contracts in a scheme that reached the highest levels of the company.
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Sol Campbell
English Businessman
Fifa has lost the trust of the people. We cannot allow the architects and controllers of world football to get away with dragging the beautiful game through the grime of corruption and bribery.
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John Jay Hooker
American Businessman
But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.
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Sallust
Roman Historian
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Hisham Matar
American Writer
The Qaddafis, father and sons, speak the grammar of dictatorship: threats and bribery.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.
Quote examples
James Surowiecki
American Journalist
If someone really wants my company's business, why shouldn't he be able to do everything he can - including paying me off - to get that business? Because bribery encourages people to make decisions based on the wrong criteria, which means in the business world that it distorts the efficient allocation of resources.
Quote examples
Eliezer Yudkowsky
American Writer
You cannot 'rationalize' what is not rational to begin with - as if lying were called 'truthization.' There is no way to obtain more truth for a proposition by bribery, flattery, or the most passionate argument - you can make more people believe the proposition, but you cannot make it more true.
Quote examples
Michael Musto
American Writer
In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.
Quote examples
Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
Politicians are expected to spend half their time talking to funders and to keep them happy. Given this context, it's not hard to see how a bribery charge can feel like a technical argument instead of a moral one.
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Loretta Lynch
American Public Servant
Rather than let their product compete fully and fairly in the marketplace, FalconStor resorted to bribery and graft to win important contracts in a scheme that reached the highest levels of the company.
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Sol Campbell
English Businessman
Fifa has lost the trust of the people. We cannot allow the architects and controllers of world football to get away with dragging the beautiful game through the grime of corruption and bribery.
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John Jay Hooker
American Businessman
But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.
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Sallust
Roman Historian
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Hisham Matar
American Writer
The Qaddafis, father and sons, speak the grammar of dictatorship: threats and bribery.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.
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