bribery

noun
/ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/

Etymology

From bribe + -ery.

  1. derived from briber
  2. derived from bribe
  3. suffixed as bribery — “bribe + ery

Definitions

  1. The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a…

    The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

  2. The activity of offering, giving, or accepting such bribes.

    • accept bribery
    • combat bribery
    • accused of bribery

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bribery. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA