bribery
noun (bribery, uncountable)
Everyday
- Giving or offering money, gifts or favours to someone so they will do something dishonest or unfair for you. tree →
- (informal, humorous) Offering a treat to get someone to do something, as parents sometimes do. tree →
In the lessons
In law, news and ethics lessons, bribery is a crime: officials, referees or judges must not accept bribes. In everyday family life it is used jokingly: «a bit of bribery with chocolate got the kids to tidy up».
Examples
- Bribery is against the law. tree →
- The official went to prison for bribery. tree →
- Mum used a little bribery to get us to eat our sprouts. tree →
- The referee was accused of bribery. tree →
- Bribery makes things unfair for honest people. tree →
- At this last bribery, Pinocchio could no longer resist and said firmly: tree →
Note
Uncountable. Related: bribe (noun and verb, a bribe), to bribe someone. Bribery is a serious crime even if the gift seems small.
In Jewish tradition
Gifts given to make a judge or official act unjustly. Job says the tents of bribery will burn.
Interpretation. The Torah forbids taking bribes because they blind the wise and ruin justice. Judges must be fair.
Examples
- For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. (Writings JOB.15.34, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Uncountable. Related: bribe (noun and verb, a bribe), to bribe someone. Bribery is a serious crime even if the gift seems small.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «bribery» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «bribery» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «bribery» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «bribery» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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