English-Thai Dictionary

bribe

N สินบน  inducement sin-bon

 

bribe

VT ติดสินบน  ให้สินบน  corrupt tid-sin-bon

 

bribery

N การ ติดสินบน  inducement kan-tid-sin-bon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BRIBE

n. 1. A price, reward, gift or favor bestowed or promised with a view to pervert the judgment, or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness or other person. A bribe is a consideration given or promised to a person, to induce him to decide a cause, give testimony, or perform some act contrary to what he knows to be truth, justice or rectitude. It is not used in a good sense, unless in familiar language.
2. That which seduces.
Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these ever blooming sweets.

 

BRIBE

v.t.To give or promise a reward or consideration, with a view to pervert the judgment, or corrupt the conduct. To hire for bad purposes; to purchase the decision of a judge, the testimony of a witness, or the performance of some act contrary to known truth, justice or rectitude. 1. To gain by a bribe.
In familiar language, it is sometimes used in a good sense; as, to bribe a child to take a medicine. Dryden has used the word in a good sense, in solemn language; but such use is rare, and hardly legitimate.

 

BRIBE-DEVOURING

a.Greedy of bribes or presents; as bribe-devouring kings.

 

BRIBER

n.One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.

 

BRIBERY

n.The act or practice of giving or taking rewards for corrupt practices; the act of paying or receiving a reward for a false judgment, or testimony, or for the performance of that which is known to be illegal, or unjust. It is applied both to him who gives, and to him who receives the compensation, but appropriately to the giver.

 

BRIBEWORTHY

a.[bribe and worthy. ] Worth bribing to obtain.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BRIBE

Bribe, n. Etym: [F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar ), LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi food. ]

 

1. A gift begged; a present. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust. Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. Hobart.

 

3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement. Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everAkenside.

 

BRIBE

Bribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bribing.]

 

1. To rob or steal. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust ) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to. Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. F. W. Robertson.

 

3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.

 

BRIBE

BRIBE Bribe, v. i.

 

1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs. ]

 

2. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise. An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted. Bouvier. The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe. Goldsmith.

 

BRIBELESS

BRIBELESS Bribe "less, a.

 

Defn: Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.

 

BRIBER

BRIBER Brib "er, n.

 

1. A thief. [Obs. ] Lydgate.

 

2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.

 

3. That which bribes; a bribe. His service. .. were a sufficient briber for his life. Shak.

 

BRIBERY

Brib "er *y, n.; pl. Briberies. Etym: [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See Bribe, n.]

 

1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs. ]

 

2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. Bribery oath, an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bribe

bribe |brīb braɪb | ▶verb [ with obj. ] persuade (someone ) to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement: an undercover agent bribed the judge into giving a lenient sentence | you weren't willing to be good to your sister without being bribed with a lollipop | he has no money to bribe with. ▶noun a sum of money or other inducement offered or given in this way. DERIVATIVES brib a ble adjective, brib er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French briber, brimber ‘beg, ’ of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘rob, extort, ’ hence (as noun ) ‘theft, stolen goods, ’ also ‘money extorted or demanded for favors, ’ later ‘offer money as an inducement ’ (early 16th cent ).

 

bribery

brib er y |ˈbrīb (ə )rē ˈbraɪb (ə )ri | ▶noun the giving or offering of a bribe: he was convicted of racketeering and bribery | [ as modifier ] : a bribery scandal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bribe

bribe |brʌɪb | ▶verb [ with obj. ] dishonestly persuade (someone ) to act in one's favour by a gift of money or other inducement: they attempted to bribe opponents into losing | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : they had bribed an official to sell them a certificate. ▶noun a sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone. DERIVATIVES bribable adjective, briber noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French briber, brimber ‘beg ’, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘rob, extort ’, hence (as a noun ) ‘theft, stolen goods ’, also ‘money extorted or demanded for favours ’, later ‘offer money as an inducement ’ (early 16th cent. ).

 

bribery

brib ¦ery |ˈbrʌɪbəri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the giving or offering of a bribe: his opponent had been guilty of bribery and corruption | [ as modifier ] : a bribery scandal.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bribe

bribe verb he used his wealth to bribe officials: buy off, pay off, suborn; informal grease someone's palm, fix, square. ▶noun she accepted bribes: inducement, incentive, payola; informal payoff, kickback, boodle, sweetener. WORD LINKS venal susceptible to bribery Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

bribery

bribery noun he could use bribery, blackmail, and other forms of coercion: graft, payola, corruption, subornation; informal palm-greasing, hush money.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bribe

bribe verb he used his considerable wealth to bribe officials: buy off, pay off, suborn, give an inducement to, corrupt; informal grease someone's palm, give someone a backhander, give someone a sweetener, keep someone sweet, get at, fix, square; Brit. informal nobble. ▶noun he accepted bribes from lobbyists: inducement, ‘incentive ’; N. Amer. payola; informal backhander, pay-off, kickback, sweetener, carrot; Brit. informal bung, dropsy; N. Amer. informal plugola, schmear; Austral. informal sling; rare douceur, drop.

 

bribery

bribery noun they were charged with bribery and corruption: corruption, subornation; N. Amer. payola; informal palm-greasing, graft, hush money.

 

French Dictionary

bribe

bribe n. f. nom féminin Petite quantité. : Ils ont appris l ’histoire par bribes.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bribe

bribe /braɪb /〖語源は 「施しのパン1切れ 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C わいろ , そでの下, えさ ▸ offer [give ] a bribe わいろを贈る ▸ take [accept, receive ] a bribe わいろを受け取る .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; bribing 他動詞 1 〈人 〉にわいろを贈る , …を «…で /…にさせようと » 買収する «with /into » ▸ bribe a witness into silence 証人にわいろを贈って口止めする 2 〖～ A to do /into B 〗Aにわいろを贈ってB […]させる (!Bは 名詞 動名 ) ▸ The mayor tried to bribe a policeman to overlook his illegal parking .市長は警官を買収して駐車違反を見逃してもらおうとした ▸ bribe one's way into [out of ] A わいろを使ってAに入る [から出る ].自動詞 わいろを贈る [使う ], 贈賄 （わい ）する .br í b er 名詞 C 贈賄者 .

 

bribery

brib er y /bráɪb (ə )ri /名詞 U 贈 [収 ]賄 （わい ）行為 ▸ bribery and corruption 贈収賄 [汚職 ]