Meaning

2 senses
  1. The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

    Bestechung

    взя́точничествоvzjátočničestvo

  2. The activity of offering, giving, or accepting such bribes.

    accept bribery

    combat bribery

More definitions
  • the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom has been accused of bribery.

    ruТом был обвинён во взяточничестве.

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  2. Tom Jackson has been arrested for bribery.

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  3. He disdained bribery.

    Він зневажав хабарництво.

    ruОн презирал взяточничество.

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  4. She is honest and above bribery.

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  5. Between ourselves, he was dismissed for bribery.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions:

Forms

plural: briberies
Singularbribery
Pluralbriberies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage:graft

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbribe

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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