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All bribe synonyms

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verb bribe

  • buy off — If you say that a person or organization buys off another person or group, you are criticizing the fact that they are giving them something such as money so that they will not complain or cause trouble.
  • seduce — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
  • tempt — to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
  • corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
  • pay off — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
  • instigate — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
  • lure — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
  • buy — If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
  • coax — If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
  • suborn — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
  • tamper — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • tip — Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
  • lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • sugar — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
  • fix — to repair; mend.
  • pervert — to affect with perversion.
  • square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
  • approach — When you approach something, you get closer to it.
  • soap — a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
  • get at — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • get to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • oil palm — an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.
  • take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
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