Noun : The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go. ,The children were given candy as a bribe to be good. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen. ,The judge was too honest to be bribed. From Dictionary.com.
A briber entered the private room of a congressman. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
Both the briber and the illiterate are allies of the opposition. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment] Reference
A briber must make sure that the bribed carries out his part of the contract. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment] Reference
(Metanyctius,) the briber, is himself represented as a traitor to his country. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
Old Man Dawson, the penny-pinching old land-thief — and a fine briber he is, too. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
Moreover, a bribe usually doesn't increase the respect of the bribed for the briber. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Alex Benzer: How Rich Guys Screw Up Their Chances with Women] Reference
No legal proof of this was obtainable, but Cowperwood was assumed to be a briber on a giant scale. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
Was Wade actually working in concert with or as the cut out for accused fellow Cunningham briber Brent Wilkes?. From Wordnik.com. [03/27/2007] Reference
I think a case could be made for describing both the briber and the bribed as traitors, with an attendent death penalty. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 22, 2006] Reference
If it were legal it could take the place of polling and voting - just keep track of the amount handed out - the best briber wins. From Wordnik.com. [Harsh Hillary Robocall Accuses Obama Of Lying About His Position On Second Amendment] Reference
Have I been a briber of votes? — a buyer of boroughs? — the agent of corruption for any purpose, or on behalf of any party? —. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference
"We're now an equal opportunity investigative arm," she aid, with a laugh, "and we will arrest the briber and the 'bribee,' as it were.". From Wordnik.com. [Corruption Arrests Hit Record in City] Reference
A bribe is the payment of something of value to a government official in the hope that they will perform actions favorable to the briber. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Can Obama accept the Nobel Prize without congressional consent?] Reference
"In Montana," acquiesced the arch-briber, suavely. From Wordnik.com. [A Man of Two Countries] Reference
It is also the only credible deterrent for any briber. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
He's a shyster, a suborner of perjury and a jury-briber. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of the Caretaker's Cat]
And then the latter man has the briber so much at advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Anna] Reference
How in the world did the real estate market free a Cunningham briber?. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS updates from www.voiceofsandiego.org] Reference
"It is well the briber is out of the reach of further temptation," say they. From Wordnik.com. [David Lockwin—The People's Idol] Reference
"The receiver is often from the south and the briber is often from the north.". From Wordnik.com. [Home - BostonHerald.com] Reference
"Where I caught thee, thou idol-briber!" snarled the Risaldar's half - brother. From Wordnik.com. [Told in the East] Reference
Without any prompting, Ovchinikov admits to being a regular briber of referees. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Bribing, it turns out, has as much effect on the briber as it does on the bribee. From Wordnik.com. [FAZED] Reference
If not, he would fall, and, once fallen, he knew that now, briber that he was, he would never rise again. From Wordnik.com. [The Octopus : A story of California] Reference
The best story in connection with this attempted briber relates to one of the most esteemed of our craft. From Wordnik.com. [Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"] Reference
A murderer committed to the crimes with his thieving money briber, yet another, neoconner of ungodly origin. From Wordnik.com. [Asheville Indymedia Summaries] Reference
"A bribery case should include the briber and the bribed, but so far the KPK has not named the briber in this case," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference
The great briber of yesterday had to give way to the great briber of to-day, and Bute stood alone before the world, the head of the King's. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)] Reference
Here is noted, that a judge were better be a briber than a respecter of persons; for a corrupt judge offendeth not so lightly as a facile. From Wordnik.com. [The Advancement of Learning] Reference
"briber, briber -- Magnus Derrick, unconvicted briber!. From Wordnik.com. [The Octopus : A story of California] Reference
Would believe him if he told you that I was a briber and a scoundrel? ". From Wordnik.com. [Samuel the Seeker] Reference
Pelosi’s at least a good briber, but if she were that good this would be law already. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass”] Reference
WE'LL SEE WHO CONTROLS MY BUDGET: Amid all the speculation about accused briber David W. From Wordnik.com. [AugustaChronicle.com] Reference
A chapel to the memory of the briber of judges and of legislatures, the cynical defier of law!. From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Chance] Reference
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