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   bribe

   /brīb/

   verb

   • 1. persuade (someone) to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement: "an undercover agent bribed the judge into giving a lenient sentence"

   noun

   • 1. a sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone: "lawmakers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalized gambling"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French briber, brimber ‘beg’, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘rob, extort’, hence (as a noun) ‘theft, stolen goods’, also ‘money extorted or demanded for favors’, later ‘offer money as an inducement’ (early 16th century).

   Derivatives

   • 1. bribable adjective
   • 2. briber noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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