Definitions for bribery
ˈbraɪ bə ribribe·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bribery, graftnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to pronounce bribery?

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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. Sedef Kabas:

   I said the reason why I sent this tweet is something I have said a hundred times and I will say it again, i am critical of Vedat Yigit decision. I don’t believe in the fact that the biggest, the largest, the deepest investigation of corruption and bribery in Turkish history should be dropped.

2. Attorney General office:

   Subsidiaries of Odebrecht are suspected of using Swiss accounts to make bribery payments to former Petrobras executives, who also maintained Swiss bank accounts.

3. Gamal Abdelaziz:

   Our goal from the beginning has been to hold the defendants fully accountable for corrupting the college admissions process through cheating, bribery and fraud. The superseding indictments will further that effort.

4. Riad Kobaissi:

   What happened on the 4th of August here in Lebanon is that the corruption literally exploded in our faces, it( the port) is a microcosm of the whole Lebanese system. It is based on bribery. It is based on patronage. I consider this to be a place operated by a mafia.

5. Somyot Pumpanmuang:

   We cannot deny the existence of bribery and corruption.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bribery
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bribery
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bribery
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bribery
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bribery
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bribery
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bribery