bribe
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bribe/brʌɪb/
▶verb dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one's favour by a payment or other inducement. ▶noun an inducement offered in an attempt to bribe.
– derivatives
bribable adjective,
briber noun,
bribery noun.
bribable adjective,
briber noun,
bribery noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘rob, extort’): from OFr. briber, brimber ‘beg’, of unknown origin.
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