bribe

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bribe, from Old French briber (“go begging”), from the noun bribe (“a gift”). === Pronunciation === enPR: brīb, IPA(key): /bɹaɪb/ Rhymes: -aɪb === Noun === bribe (plural bribes) Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bribe c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Yardly v. Ellill Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery. That which seduces; seduction; allurement. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bribe (third-person singular simple present bribes, present participle bribing, simple past and past participle bribed) (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble. October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === ribbe == French == === Etymology === Imitative. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁib/ Rhymes: -ib === Noun === bribe f (plural bribes) (obsolete) crumb (of bread) scrap, bit === Further reading === “bribe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012