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Webster 1913 Edition

Bribery

Brib′er-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Briberies
.
[OE.
brybery
rascality, OF.
briberie
. See
Bribe
,
Noun.
]
1.
Robbery; extortion.
[Obs.]
2.
The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
Bribery oath
,
an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting.
[Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bribery

BRI'BERY

,
Noun.
The act or practice of giving or taking rewards for corrupt practices; the act of paying or receiving a reward for a false judgment, or testimony, or for the performance of that which is known to be illegal, or unjust. It is applied both to him who gives, and to him who receives the compensation, but appropriately to the giver.

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