The meaning of Bribes

noun

A blow made with the back of the hand.

Usage examples:

Shut up, or i'll give you a backhander

noun

An illegal payment or gift that is given to a person, especially someone in authority, in order to get them to do something for you

Usage examples:

Governments pledged to make it a criminal offence to slip backhanders to officials of other countri…

phrasal verb

Pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

phrasal verb

To give someone money so that person will help you or let you do something that is not legal

Usage examples:

A well-known business executive had bought off government inspectors.

noun

A tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable.

Usage examples:

Roast lamb with peas and carrots

noun

A long, pointed, orange root, eaten as vegetable, either raw or cooked

Usage examples:

If they finished the construction ahead of schedule, they were offered the carrot of a bonus.

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

Usage examples:

It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

noun

A financial inducement; a bribe.

Usage examples:

Pericles gave a handsome douceur to the spartan commanders to withdraw without fighting

noun

Old-fashioned or less technical term for oedema.

noun

A tip or bribe.

Usage examples:

Mccloy's little dropsy for services rendered

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

noun

A thing that persuades or leads someone to do something.

Usage examples:

Companies were prepared to build only in return for massive inducements

noun

An act or a thing that is intended to make something happen or to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

Inducement (for sb) to do sth they offered him a large pay increase as an inducement for him to sta…

noun

A sudden forceful recoil.

Usage examples:

The kickback from the gun punches your shoulder

noun

Payment made to someone, esp. illegally, for providing help, a job, or a piece of business

Usage examples:

Bankhead got a contract to supply computers to the department in exchange for a kickback.

noun

An amount of money that is secretly and illegally paid to someone in exchange for their help

Usage examples:

He is accused of paying kickbacks to a district official to win contracts with the school system.

noun

The practice of bribing someone in return for the unofficial promotion of a product in the media.

Usage examples:

If a record company spends enough money on payola, it can make any record a hit

noun

An underhand inducement.

Usage examples:

He knew the schmear was on when the producer invited him to lunch

verb

Flatter or ingratiate oneself with (someone).

Usage examples:

He was buying us drinks and schmearing us up

noun

A flexible strap or belt used in the form of a loop to support or raise a hanging weight.

Usage examples:

The horse had to be supported by a sling fixed to the roof

verb

Suspend or arrange (something), especially with a strap or straps, so that it hangs loosely in a particular position.

Usage examples:

A hammock was slung between two trees

noun

A sweetened drink of spirits, especially gin, and water.

Usage examples:

In the capital, clubbers drink kabul slings and canned russian beer.

noun

A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Usage examples:

A grid of ruled squares

adjective

Having the shape or approximate shape of a square.

Usage examples:

A square table

adverb

Directly; straight.

Usage examples:

The ball hit me square in the forehead

verb

Bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.

Usage examples:

He was accused of conspiring to suborn witnesses

verb

To persuade someone, for example by offering them money, to commit an illegal act, especially to tell lies in a court of law

Usage examples:

He is a liar, and he suborned perjury from her early on in this investigation., such agreements cou…