Another word for bribe
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Noun
Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior
- Money, especially counterfeit money.
- Money accepted as a bribe.
- Stolen goods; swag.
- The return on an investment.
- The discharge of a debt or obligation.
- The benefit gained as the result of a previous action.
- Payment of a party, especially a disc jockey or radio station, for the promotion of a product or service, such as a commercial musical recording, without making the legally required disclosure of sponsorship.
- The money used to make such payment.
- To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.
- To join (a plant or plants) by such union.
- To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
- To correct or set right; adjust:
- To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
- To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:
Verb
To give, offer, or promise a bribe to
- (informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
- To pay back; to repay.
- To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase.
- To be capable of purchasing:
- To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade:
Idioms:
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Another word for bribe
Noun
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- Money, especially counterfeit money.
- Money accepted as a bribe.
- Stolen goods; swag.
- Advertising or publicity that is intended for self-promotion and not paid for or underwritten by an independent sponsor:
- Payment of a party, especially a disc jockey or radio station, for the promotion of a product or service, such as a commercial musical recording, without making the legally required disclosure of sponsorship.
- The money used to make such payment.
- The return on an investment.
- The discharge of a debt or obligation.
- The benefit gained as the result of a previous action.
- A sharp reaction; a repercussion.
- A return of a percentage of a sum of money already received, typically as a result of pressure, coercion, or a secret agreement.
- The act of protecting.
- The condition of being protected.
- One that protects:
- A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer's purchase.
- An extra or unexpected gift or benefit.
- A favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service.
- The amount as of money or goods, asked for or given in exchange for something else.
- The cost at which something is obtained:
- The cost of bribing someone:
- Extortion of money or something else of value from a person by the threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information.
- Something of value, especially money, extorted in this manner:
- Tribute formerly paid to freebooters along the Scottish border for protection from pillage.
- The end of a pointed or projecting object.
- A piece or an attachment, such as a cap or ferrule, meant to be fitted to the end of something else:
- To furnish with a tip.
- Something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive:
- The act or process of inducing:
- Misrepresentation that leads a person to enter into a contract or transaction with a false understanding of the risks and obligations:
- Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals.
- Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose.
- An enticement, temptation, or provocation:
- A payment, profit, or benefit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially when due or expected.
- Something regarded or claimed as an exclusive right by virtue of one's social position or rank:
- A gratuity; a tip.
- A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration:
- Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic:
- A payment in money or other valuables made by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection or security.
- The act of remunerating.
- Something, such as a payment, that remunerates.
- Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation:
- The act of giving:
- A talent, endowment, aptitude, or inclination:
- Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward:
- An attraction or appeal:
- A decoy used in catching animals, especially an artificial bait used in catching fish.
- To dip, soak, or drench in a liquid; saturate.
- To take up by absorption:
- A piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid.
- A bribe paid to keep something secret.
- A consequence that happens to someone as a result of worthy or unworthy behavior:
- Money offered or given for some special service, such as the return of a lost article or the capture of a criminal.
- A satisfying return on investment; a profit.
- A fixed sum charged, as by an institution or by law, for a privilege:
- A charge for professional services:
- A tip; a gratuity.
- To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.
- To join (a plant or plants) by such union.
- To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
Verb
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- To correct or set right; adjust:
- To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
- To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:
- A plane figure having four equal sides.
- Something having an equal-sided rectangular form:
- A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
- A cleansing agent, manufactured in bars, granules, flakes, or liquid form, made from a mixture of the sodium salts of various fatty acids of natural oils and fats.
- A metallic salt of a fatty acid, as of aluminum or iron, that is not water soluble and may be used as a lubricant, thickener, or in various coating applications, ointments, or disinfectants.
- Money, especially that which is used for bribery.
- An analgesic or medicinal ointment.
- Something that soothes or consoles; a balm:
- Flattery or commendation.
- A soft yellowish or whitish emulsion of butterfat, water, air, and sometimes salt, churned from milk or cream and processed for use in cooking and as a food.
- A spread made from fruit, nuts, or other foods:
- A vegetable fat having a nearly solid consistency at ordinary temperatures.
- to pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service
- To induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act.
- To procure (perjured testimony):
- To induce (a person) to commit perjury.
- To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion.
- To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause:
- To infer by inductive reasoning.
- A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort:
- Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position:
- A person who exerts such power:
- To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward.
- To be inviting or attractive to:
- To provoke or to risk provoking:
- To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire:
- Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward:
- An attraction or appeal:
- A decoy used in catching animals, especially an artificial bait used in catching fish.
- To come near or nearer, as in space or time:
- To make an approach, as in golf.
- To come or go near or nearer to:
- The end of a pointed or projecting object.
- A piece or an attachment, such as a cap or ferrule, meant to be fitted to the end of something else:
- To furnish with a tip.
- A consequence that happens to someone as a result of worthy or unworthy behavior:
- Money offered or given for some special service, such as the return of a lost article or the capture of a criminal.
- A satisfying return on investment; a profit.
- To cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; debase:
- To corrupt (someone) morally.
- To interpret incorrectly; misconstrue or distort:
- Used other than as an idiom: see get,"Ž to.
- To affect adversely; to upset or annoy.
- To track down and intimidate.
- To manage to gain access to.
- To understand or ascertain by investigation.
- To mean, signify.
- To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase.
- To be capable of purchasing:
- To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade:
- (informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
- To pay back; to repay.
- Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
- Venal or dishonest:
- Containing errors or alterations, especially ones that prevent proper understanding or use:
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