bribe

Language

English

Etymology

From Middle English Category:English terms derived from Middle English#BRIBE bribe, from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#BRIBE briber (“go begging”), from the noun bribe (“a gift”).

Pronunciation

enPR: brīb, IPA^(key): /bɹaɪb/Category:English 1-syllable words#BRIBE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BRIBE
Rhymes: -aɪb Category:Rhymes:English/aɪb#BRIBE Category:Rhymes:English/aɪb/1 syllable#BRIBE
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BRIBE

Noun

bribe (plural bribes)Category:English lemmas#BRIBE Category:English nouns#BRIBE Category:English countable nouns#BRIBE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BRIBE Category:Pages with entries#BRIBE Category:Pages with 2 entries#BRIBE

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.
- 2024 June 17, @InternetHippo, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 29 June 2024:
  The bribes I took did not influence me to become evil. I was evil from the beginning and the bribes were merely a bonus
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The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
- 1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination:
  Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.
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- 1974, George Fox, Mario Puzo, Earthquake:
  Remy, this was a bribe! Our whole marriage has been nothing but a series of bribes!
  Category:English terms with quotations#BRIBE
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

Derived terms

Translations

inducement to a breaking of the rules

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Afrikaans: omkoopgeldCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BRIBE
Albanian: ryshfet (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#BRIBE, mitë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#BRIBE
Altai:
Southern Altai: карын (karïn)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#BRIBE
Arabic: رَشْوَة f (rašwa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BRIBE, رِشْوَة f (rišwa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BRIBE, رُشْوَة f (rušwa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BRIBE, بِرْطِيل m (birṭīl)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BRIBE (colloquial, regional)
Egyptian Arabic: برطيل m (barṭīl)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BRIBE
Armenian: կաշառք (hy) (kašaṙkʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BRIBE
Assamese: ঘোচ (ghüs)Category:Terms with Assamese translations#BRIBE
Azerbaijani: rüşvət (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BRIBE, yeykiCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BRIBE (dialectal)
Bashkir: ришүәт (rişwət)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#BRIBE
Belarusian: ха́бар m (xábar)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BRIBE, по́дкуп m (pódkup)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BRIBE
Bengali: ঘুষ (bn) (ghuś)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BRIBE
Bulgarian: по́дкуп (bg) m (pódkup)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BRIBE, рушве́т (bg) m (rušvét)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BRIBE
Burmese: လာဘ် (my) (labh)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BRIBE, လက်ဖက်ရည်ဖိုး (my) (lakhpak-ranyhpui:, literally “tea money”)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BRIBE
Catalan: suborn (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BRIBE
Cebuano: subornoCategory:Terms with Cebuano translations#BRIBE, suholCategory:Terms with Cebuano translations#BRIBE
Chechen: кхаъ (qaʔ)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#BRIBE, хӏума (huma)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#BRIBE
Chinese:
Cantonese: 賄賂 / 贿赂 (kui² lou⁶)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#BRIBE

Mandarin: 賄賂 / 贿赂 (zh) (huìlù)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BRIBE, 行賄 / 行贿 (zh) (xínghuì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BRIBE
Chuvash: взятка (vzjatka)Category:Terms with Chuvash translations#BRIBE
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓahashishi class 9/10Category:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#BRIBE
Czech: úplatek (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BRIBE
Danish: bestikkelse cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BRIBE
Dutch: steekpenning (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BRIBE, smeergeld (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BRIBE
Erzya: казневкс (kazńevks)Category:Terms with Erzya translations#BRIBE
Esperanto: koruptaĵoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BRIBE, ŝmirmono (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#BRIBE
Estonian: pistisCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BRIBE, altkäemaksCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BRIBE
Finnish: lahjus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BRIBE
French: pot-de-vin (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#BRIBE
Galician: suborno mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BRIBE, aliciamento mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BRIBE, baixamau fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BRIBE, engado mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BRIBE, comechura fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BRIBE
Georgian: ქრთამი (krtami)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BRIBE
German: Bestechungsgeld (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#BRIBE, Schmiergeld (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#BRIBE
Greek: δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BRIBE (giving), δωροληψία (el) f (dorolipsía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BRIBE (taking), φακελάκι (el) n (fakeláki)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BRIBE (colloquial)
Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Ancient Greek#BRIBE
Gujarati: લાંચ (lā̃c)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#BRIBE, રુશ્વત (ruśvat)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#BRIBE
Hausa: hanci (ha)Category:Terms with Hausa translations#BRIBE, toshiyaCategory:Terms with Hausa translations#BRIBE
Hebrew: שׁוֹחַד m (shókhad)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BRIBE
Hiligaynon: hiphipCategory:Terms with Hiligaynon translations#BRIBE
Hindi: रिश्वत (hi) f (riśvat)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BRIBE, घूस (hi) f (ghūs)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BRIBE
Hungarian: megvesztegetés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRIBE, csúszópénz (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRIBE, vesztegetés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRIBE, kenőpénz (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRIBE
Icelandic: múta (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BRIBE
Ido: suborno (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BRIBE
Indonesian: suap (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BRIBE, sogokan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BRIBE, rasywah (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BRIBE
Italian: tangente (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BRIBE, bustarella (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BRIBE, mazzetta (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BRIBE
Japanese: 賄賂 (ja) (わいろ, wairo)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BRIBE
Kannada: ಲಂಚ (kn) (lañca)Category:Terms with Kannada translations#BRIBE
Kazakh: пара (para)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BRIBE
Khmer: សំណូក (km) (sɑmnouk)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BRIBE
Korean: 뇌물(賂物) (ko) (noemul)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BRIBE, 뢰물(賂物) (roemul)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BRIBE (North Korea), 회뢰(賄賂) (hoeroe)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BRIBE
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەرتیل (ckb) (bertîl)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#BRIBE

Northern Kurdish: bertîl (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BRIBE, rişwet (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BRIBE, ruşwet (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BRIBE
Kyrgyz: пара (ky) (para)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BRIBE
Lao: ສິນບົນ (sin bon)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BRIBE
Latin: ēmercātiō fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BRIBE
Latvian: kukulis mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BRIBE
Lezgi: ришвет (rišvet)Category:Terms with Lezgi translations#BRIBE
Lithuanian: kyšis mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BRIBE
Macedonian: поткуп m (potkup)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BRIBE, мито n (mito)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BRIBE, рушвет m (rušvet)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BRIBE (archaic)
Maguindanao: kagakalCategory:Terms with Maguindanao translations#BRIBE
Malay: rasuah (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BRIBE, duit kopi (ms) (literally “coffee money”)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BRIBE
Malayalam: കൈക്കൂലി (ml) (kaikkūli)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BRIBE, കോഴ (ml) (kōḻa)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BRIBE
Maltese: tixmiħ mCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BRIBE
Māori: moni whakapatiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BRIBE, koha whakapatiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BRIBE, utu whakapatiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BRIBE
Marathi: लाच m (lāc)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#BRIBE
Mari:
Eastern Mari: взятка (vzatka)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#BRIBE
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хахууль (mn) (xaxuulʹ)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BRIBE, хээл (mn) (xeel)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BRIBE

Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠬᠤᠤᠯᠢ (qaquuli)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BRIBE, ᠬᠡᠭᠡᠯ (kegel)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BRIBE
Nepali: घूस (ne) (ghūs)Category:Terms with Nepali translations#BRIBE
Nogai: карын (karın)Category:Terms with Nogai translations#BRIBE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bestikkelse mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BRIBE
Odia: ଲାଞ୍ଚ (or) (lāñca)Category:Terms with Odia translations#BRIBE, ଘୁସ୍ (or) (ghus)Category:Terms with Odia translations#BRIBE
Oromo: gunaaCategory:Terms with Oromo translations#BRIBE
Ossetian: гӕртам (gærtam)Category:Terms with Ossetian translations#BRIBE
Pashto: بډې (ps) f pl (báḍe)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BRIBE, رشوت (ps) (rešwát)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BRIBE
Persian:
Dari: رِشْوَه (rišwa)Category:Terms with Dari translations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRIBE, رِشْوَت (rišwat)Category:Terms with Dari translations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRIBE

Iranian Persian: رِشْوِه (rešve)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRIBE, بَدْکَنْد (badkand)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRIBE, پارِه (pâre)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRIBE, رِشْوَت (rešvat)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRIBE
Polish: łapówka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BRIBE, wziątka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BRIBE (colloquial), załącznik (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BRIBE (colloquial), kuban (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BRIBE (dated)
Portuguese: suborno (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BRIBE, propina (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BRIBE
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਰਿਸ਼ਵਤ f (riśvat)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#BRIBE
Romanian: mită (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BRIBE, șpagă (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BRIBE (colloquial)
Russian: взя́тка (ru) f (vzjátka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BRIBE, по́дкуп (ru) m (pódkup)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BRIBE, мзда (ru) f (mzda)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BRIBE
Sanskrit: लञ्चा (sa) (lañcā)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#BRIBE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ми́то nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE

Latin: míto (sh) nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE
Sinhalese: අල්ලස් (allas)Category:Terms with Sinhalese translations#BRIBE
Slovak: úplatok mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BRIBE
Slovene: podkupnina fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BRIBE
Spanish: soborno (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, coima (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, colloquial), mordida (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE (Mexico), alfadía (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, cañonazo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, untada (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, unto (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, merusa fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, bajín mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, embute (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, convoluto mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE
Swahili: hongo (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BRIBE, rushwa (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BRIBE
Swedish: muta (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BRIBE, dusör (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BRIBE
Tagalog: suholCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BRIBE, lagay (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#BRIBE
Tajik: пора (tg) (pora)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BRIBE, ришва (rišva)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BRIBE, ришват (rišvat)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BRIBE
Tamil: லஞ்சம் (ta) (lañcam)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BRIBE
Tatar: ришвәт (tt) (rişwät)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#BRIBE
Telugu: లంచము (te) (lañcamu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#BRIBE
Thai: สินบน (th) (sǐn-bon)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BRIBE, ส่วย (th) (sùai)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BRIBE, ค่าน้ำร้อนน้ำชา (th) (kâa-nám-rɔ́ɔn-nám-chaa, literally “cost of hot water and tea”)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BRIBE
Tibetan: རྒྱུ་རྔན (rgyu rngan)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#BRIBE, སྐྱབས་རྟེན (skyabs rten)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#BRIBE
Turkish: rüşvet (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BRIBE
Ottoman Turkish: رشوت (rüşvet)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BRIBE
Turkmen: paraCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BRIBE, berim (tk)Category:Terms with Turkmen translations#BRIBE
Tuvan: хээли (xeeli)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#BRIBE
Ukrainian: хаба́р m (xabár)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BRIBE, пі́дкуп m (pídkup)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BRIBE
Urdu: رِشْوَت f (riśvat)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BRIBE, گُھوس f (ghūs)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BRIBE, یافْت f (yāft)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BRIBE, پارَہ m (pāra)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BRIBE (Persianism)
Uyghur: پارا (para)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#BRIBE
Uzbek: pora (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BRIBE, rishvaCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#BRIBE, rishvat (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BRIBE
Vietnamese: hối lộ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BRIBE (賄賂Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BRIBE), đút lót (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BRIBE
Welsh: llwgrwobr (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#BRIBE, llwgrwobrwy mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#BRIBE, cildwrn mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#BRIBE
Yakut: бэрик (berik)Category:Terms with Yakut translations#BRIBE
Yiddish: שמיר m (shmir)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BRIBE

Verb

bribe (third-person singular simple present bribes, present participle bribing, simple past and past participle bribed)Category:English lemmas#BRIBE Category:English verbs#BRIBE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BRIBE Category:Pages with entries#BRIBE Category:Pages with 2 entries#BRIBE

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#BRIBE) 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.
She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIBE
- 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 Category:English transitive verbs#BRIBE) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
to bribe somebody's complianceCategory:English terms with collocations#BRIBE

Derived terms

Translations

to give a bribe

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Arabic: رَشَا (rašā)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BRIBE
Gulf Arabic: بخشش (baḵšaš)Category:Terms with Gulf Arabic translations#BRIBE
Armenian: կաշառել (hy) (kašaṙel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BRIBE
Basque: erosi (eu)Category:Terms with Basque translations#BRIBE
Bulgarian: подку́пвам (bg) impf (podkúpvam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BRIBE, подку́пя pf (podkúpja)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BRIBE
Burmese: လာဘ်ပေး (labhpe:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BRIBE
Catalan: subornar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BRIBE
Chinese:
Hokkien: 楔空 (zh-min-nan)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#BRIBE, 楔錢 / 楔钱Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#BRIBE, 楔後空 / 楔后空Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#BRIBE, 楔後手 / 楔后手 (zh-min-nan)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#BRIBE

Mandarin: 賄賂 / 贿赂 (zh) (huìlù)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BRIBE, 行賄 / 行贿 (zh) (xínghuì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BRIBE
Czech: uplatit pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BRIBE, podplatit pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BRIBE
Danish: bestikkeCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BRIBE
Dutch: omkopen (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BRIBE
Esperanto: koruptiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BRIBE, subaĉetiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BRIBE
Finnish: lahjoa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BRIBE
French: verser (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BRIBE un pot-de-vin (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BRIBE, soudoyer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BRIBE, corrompre (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BRIBE
Galician: subornar (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#BRIBE
Georgian: ქრთამის მიცემა (krtamis micema)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BRIBE
German: bestechen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BRIBE, schmieren (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BRIBE, kaufen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BRIBE (colloquially)
Greek: δωροδοκώ (el) (dorodokó)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BRIBE
Hebrew: שיחד (shichéd)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BRIBE
Hiligaynon: hiphipCategory:Terms with Hiligaynon translations#BRIBE
Hindi: घूस देना (ghūs denā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BRIBE
Hungarian: veszteget (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRIBE, megveszteget (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRIBE, lefizet (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRIBE, megken (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRIBE
Icelandic: múta (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#BRIBE
Ido: subornar (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BRIBE
Indonesian: menyuap (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BRIBE, menyogok (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BRIBE
Irish: breab a thabhairtCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BRIBE
Italian: offrire una tangenteCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BRIBE, corrompere (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BRIBE
Khmer: សែន (km) (saen)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BRIBE, បង់សាច់ (bɑngsac)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BRIBE
Lao: ໃຫ້ສິນບົນ (hai sin bon)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BRIBE
Latvian: kukuļotCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BRIBE
Lithuanian: papirktiCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BRIBE
Maguindanao: magakalCategory:Terms with Maguindanao translations#BRIBE
Māori: whakapatiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BRIBE
Norman: corrompreCategory:Terms with Norman translations#BRIBE, séduitheCategory:Terms with Norman translations#BRIBE, graîssi la patteCategory:Terms with Norman translations#BRIBE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bestikke (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BRIBE
Odia: ଲାଞ୍ଚ ଖୋଇବା (or) (Lān̄cha khoibā)Category:Odia terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BRIBE Category:Terms with Odia translations#BRIBE
Persian: رشوه دادن (rešve dâdan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRIBE
Polish: dawać łapówkę impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BRIBE, przekupić (pl) pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BRIBE
Portuguese: subornar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BRIBE
Russian: дава́ть взя́тку impf (davátʹ vzjátku)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BRIBE, подкупа́ть (ru) impf (podkupátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BRIBE, подкупи́ть (ru) pf (podkupítʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BRIBE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мититиCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE, подмититиCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE, поткупитиCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE, потплатитиCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE

Latin: mítiti (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE, podmititi (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE, potkúpiti (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE, potplátiti (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRIBE
Spanish: sobornar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, cohechar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, coimear (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE (South America), aceitar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE (Argentina, Uruguay, Honduras, Cuba), untar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, comprar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, corromper (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE, ticuicearCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRIBE (accept or demand a bribe, Honduras)
Swahili: -hongaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#BRIBE
Swedish: muta (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#BRIBE, besticka (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#BRIBE
Tagalog: manuholCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BRIBE, maglagayCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BRIBE (colloquial)
Turkish: rüşvet vermek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BRIBE
Ottoman Turkish: رشوتلمك (rüşvetlemek, rişvetlemek)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BRIBE
Ukrainian: дава́ти хаба́р impf (daváty xabár)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BRIBE, підкупо́вувати impf (pidkupóvuvaty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BRIBE, підкупля́ти impf (pidkupljáty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BRIBE, підкупи́ти pf (pidkupýty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BRIBE
Vietnamese: đút lót (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BRIBE, đút (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BRIBE, hối lộ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BRIBE
Welsh: llwgrwobrwyo (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#BRIBE
Yiddish: שמירן (shmirn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BRIBE, אונטערקויפֿן (unterkoyfn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BRIBE

Anagrams

ribbe

Category:en:Corruption#BRIBE Category:en:Crime#BRIBE

French

Etymology

Imitative. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)Category:Requests for references for etymologies in French entries#BRIBE

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʁib/Category:French 1-syllable words#BRIBE Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation#BRIBE
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BRIBE
Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BRIBE
Rhymes: -ib Category:Rhymes:French/ib#BRIBE Category:Rhymes:French/ib/1 syllable#BRIBE

Noun

bribe f (plural bribes)Category:French lemmas#BRIBE Category:French nouns#BRIBE Category:French countable nouns#BRIBE Category:French entries with incorrect language header#BRIBE Category:French feminine nouns#BRIBE Category:Pages with entries#BRIBE Category:Pages with 2 entries#BRIBE

(obsolete Category:French terms with obsolete senses#BRIBE) crumb (of bread)
scrap, bit

Further reading

“bribe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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