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bribed

/braɪbd/

bribeverb

bribed

Past Simple

bribed

Past Simple

bribed

Past Participle

bribing

ing-form

/braɪb/

Translations

He tried to bribe the official to overlook the safety violations.

Il a essayé de soudoyer le fonctionnaire pour qu’il ferme les yeux sur les infractions de sécurité.

Additional translations

corrompreSens plus général, fréquent dans les contextes juridiques et formels.

Definitions

To persuade someone to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by offering money or other inducements.

He tried to bribe the official to overlook the safety violations.

Synonyms

buy off

bribenoun

Definitions

A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to someone in a position of power to influence their actions or decisions.

The official was caught accepting a bribe to overlook the safety violations.

bribeadjective

Definitions

Relating to or denoting a payment or offer intended to influence someone's actions, used attributively before a noun.

Investigators traced the bribe money to an offshore account.