Bribery

Brib′er-y

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Noun.

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pl.

Briberies

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[OE.

brybery

rascality, OF.

briberie

. See

Bribe

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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.]

Bribery

BRI'BERY

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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.

bribery

English

Noun

bribery ‎(plural briberies)

the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions
(law) the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes

Translations

making of illegal payment

Arabic:
Bulgarian: подкупване n ‎(podkupvane), рушветчийство (bg) n ‎(rušvetčijstvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 行賄 (zh), 行贿 (zh) ‎(xínghuì)
Czech: úplatkářství n
Dutch: omkoperij (nl) f
Finnish: lahjonta (fi)
French: corruption (fr) f
German: Bestechung (de) f
Greek: δωροδοκία (el) f ‎(dorodokía)
Hebrew: שיחוד m ‎(shikhud)
Hindi:
Indonesian: penyuapan (id), penyogokan (id)

Irish: breabaireacht f
Japanese: 賄賂のやり取り ‎(わいろのやりとり, wáiro no yarítori), 賄賂 (ja) ‎(わいろ, wairo)
Khmer: ការស៊ីសំណូក ‎(kaa sii sɑmnook)
Korean: 증회 ‎(jeunghoe), 뇌물 (ko) ‎(noemul)
Latin: largitio f
Malay: rasuah
Portuguese: suborno (pt) m
Russian: взя́точничество (ru) n ‎(vzjátočničestvo)
Spanish: soborno (es) m, cohecho (es) m
Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutning c
Thai: อามิสสินจ้าง ‎(aamít sĭn jâang)
Turkish:

giving, offering or accepting bribes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 受賄 (zh), 受贿 (zh) ‎(shòuhuì) (receiving bribes)
Greek: (giving) δωροδοκία (el) f ‎(dorodokía), (accepting) δωροληψία (el) f ‎(dorolipsía)

Irish: breabaireacht f
Japanese: 収賄 ‎(しゅうわい, shūwai) (receiving bribes)
Korean: 증수회 ‎(jeungsuhoe)
Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutbrott n

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