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# bribe

«bribe» in Mova's school dictionary: **Money or a gift given to someone to make them do…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bribe, bribes); verb (bribe, bribes, bribed, bribing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Money or a gift given to someone to make them do something dishonest or unfair, such as break a rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#m1)

2) (verb) To offer someone money or a gift to make them do what you want, often wrongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#m2)

3) (informal, joking) A treat given to get a child to do something ("a sweet as a bribe"). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories, law and ethics lessons (bribing a judge or police officer is a crime) and jokingly in family life. It tells the reader someone is trying to buy a decision. Phrases: take a bribe, offer a bribe, bribe someone with.

### examples

- The guard took a bribe and let the thief go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#x1)
- It is against the law to bribe a police officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#x2)
- Mum bribed us with ice cream to tidy our rooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#x3)
- The judge refused the bribe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#x4)
- I won't take a bribe, said the referee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#x5)
- My little brother can be bribed with stickers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#x6)
- Offering a bribe can lead to prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#x7)
- Eriphyle, unable to withstand the tempting bait, accepted the bribe, and thus Amphiaraus was compelled to join the army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/#x8)

### note

Noun: bribery (the crime). Verb bribe, bribed (drop e, add -ed). A reward for good work is not a bribe; a bribe is to make someone do something unfair. In families the word is often used as a joke.

### In the corpora

- [Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.734/)
- [And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.177/)
- [He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.181/)
- [In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.391/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bribe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bribe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.