What does Bribery mean?

Definitions for Bribery
ˈbraɪ bə ribribe·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bribery, graftnoun

    the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

Wiktionary

  1. briberynoun

    the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions

  2. briberynoun

    the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Briberynoun

    The crime of taking rewards for bad practices.

    Etymology: from bribe.

    There was a law made by the Romans, against the bribery and extortion of the governours of provinces: before, says Cicero, the governours did bribe and extort as much as was sufficient for themselves; but now they bribe and extort as much as may be enough not only for themselves, but for judges, jurors, and magistrates. Francis Bacon.

    No bribery of courts, or cabals of factions, or advantages of fortune, can remove him from the solid foundations of honour and fidelity. John Dryden, Aurengz. Preface.

Wikipedia

  1. Bribery

    Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty. With regard to governmental operations, essentially, bribery is "Corrupt solicitation, acceptance, or transfer of value in exchange for official action." Gifts of money or other items of value which are otherwise available to everyone on an equivalent basis, and not for dishonest purposes, is not bribery. Offering a discount or a refund to all purchasers is a legal rebate and is not bribery. For example, it is legal for an employee of a Public Utilities Commission involved in electric rate regulation to accept a rebate on electric service that reduces their cost for electricity, when the rebate is available to other residential electric customers. However, giving a discount specifically to that employee to influence them to look favorably on the electric utility's rate increase applications would be considered bribery. A bribe is an illegal or unethical gift or lobbying effort bestowed to influence the recipient's conduct. It may be money, goods, rights in action, property, preferment, privilege, emolument, objects of value, advantage, or merely a promise to induce or influence the action, vote, or influence of a person in an official or public capacity.The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 has a target to substantially reduce corruption and bribery of all forms as part of international effort aimed at ensuring peace, justice and strong institutions.Everything in our society goes through changes that brings long-lasting positive or negative complications. Similar has been the case with bribery, which brought negative changes to societal norms as well as to trade. The researchers found that when bribery becomes part of social norms, then one approach is not enough to tackle bribery due to the existence of different societies in different countries. If severe punishment works in one country, it doesn’t necessarily mean that severe punishment would work in another country to prevent bribery. Also, the research found that bribery plays a significant role in public private firms around the world.

ChatGPT

  1. bribery

    Bribery is the act of offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting something of value as a means of influencing the actions or decisions of an individual or organization in a position of power or authority. This often involves illegal or unethical activities and can occur in various fields such as business, politics, and law enforcement.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Briberynoun

    robbery; extortion

  2. Briberynoun

    the act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements

Wikidata

  1. Bribery

    Bribery is an act of giving money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other person in charge of a public or legal duty. The bribe is the gift bestowed to influence the recipient's conduct. It may be any money, good, right in action, property, preferment, privilege, emolument, object of value, advantage, or merely a promise or undertaking to induce or influence the action, vote, or influence of a person in an official or public capacity. In economics, the bribe has been described as rent. Bribery in bureaucracy has been viewed as a reason for the higher cost of production of goods and services.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Bribery in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Bribery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Bribery in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Bechdel:

    If The Clintons’re willing to accept money from human rights violators, what’s stopping them from accepting money from Federacion Internationale de Football Association, Federacion Internationale de Football Association is being accused of bribery, money laundering, and fraud ? when The Clintons comes to money, The Clintons are willing to deal with just about anybody.

  2. Nancy Pelosi:

    What the president has admitted to and says it's 'perfect,' I say it's perfectly wrong. It's bribery.

  3. Donald Trump acted improperly:

    I think what he did is a long way from treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors. I don't think it's the kind of inappropriate action that the framers would expect the Senate to substitute its judgment for the people in picking a president.

  4. Bahram Baloch:

    Injustice, bribery and recommendations are main obstacles in the way of progress of a society or a nation.

  5. Nike Inc:

    There is no allegation in court documents that any employee was aware of or knowingly participated in any bribery scheme.

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