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IELTS BNC: 11092 COCA: 10665

bribe

Word family 
bribe1 /braɪb/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT]  
1  PAY FORto illegally give someone, especially a public official, money or a gift in order to persuade them to do something for you 贿赂，收买
 The only way we could get into the country was by bribing the border officials.
我们要进入这个国家，唯一的办法是贿赂边境官员。
bribe somebody to do something
 He bribed one of the guards to smuggle out a note.
他买通其中的一个警卫，让他偷偷地带一张字条出去。
2  to offer someone, especially a child, something special in order to persuade them to do something 诱哄〔尤指小孩〕
bribe somebody with something
 Sam wouldn’t do her homework until I bribed her with ice cream.
我用冰激凌哄萨姆，她才肯做家庭作业。
Examples from the Corpus
bribe• He bribed a guard to smuggle a note out of the prison.• No clothes, no corruption, Fong had reasoned: how do you go about bribing a naked man?• He bribed an operator at the transmat port to send us over to the space docks.• Wiedman molested the three boys in a Mesa hotel over three weeks, bribing and threatening them into silence.• But in an entire career, I never knew a judge who I believed was bribed by raw money.• He alleged that the manager had tried to bribe him during a business lunch in 1993.• If you wanted a judge bribed in Chicago, you used to come to my father.• Certainly he had bribed more border guards and Communist officials than he could remember.• Judges are bribed or threatened into making decisions favorable to drug traffickers.• Or you can try bribing some one at the patent office.• Santo was convicted of bribing tax inspectors in Italy.• Amateur name-grabbers, threatened with a court case, can usually be bribed to relinquish a valuable name.• The defence are arguing that he was bribed to withdraw his testimony.
bribe somebody to do something• Jones bribed officials to get government contracts.
bribe somebody with something• I had to bribe the kids with the promise of lunch at McDonalds.
bribe2 ●○○ noun [countableC]  
1  MONEYmoney or a gift that you illegally give someone to persuade them to do something for you 贿赂
 The officials said that they had been offered bribes before an important game.
这几名官员说，有人在一场重要比赛之前向他们行贿。
accept/take a bribe
 A Supreme Court judge was charged with taking bribes.
最高法院的一名法官被指控收受贿赂。
2. something special offered to someone, especially a child, in order to persuade them to do something 〔尤指用来哄小孩做事的〕好处
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
offer somebody a bribe
Some sportsmen have been offered bribes to perform badly.
accept/take a bribe
Any officials who accept bribes will face criminal charges.
give somebody a bribe
They issued passports to people who gave them bribes.
pay a bribe
It was claimed that the company paid bribes to win the contract.
bribe + NOUN
bribe money
The mayor is accused of accepting bribe money.
Examples from the Corpus
bribe• There was widespread bribery and corruption in the police department.• He was arrested on charges of bribery and corruption.• The inquiry showed that bribery was widespread.• He was arrested by police, who he said, planted cannabis on him to extort a bribe.• They insisted that the money was to cover legitimate expenses, and not a bribe.• In all his years of public service, he has only been offered a bribe once.• The judge admitted that he had accepted bribes.• The judge was accused of accepting bribes.• His lawyer says he was entrapped by overzealous prosecutors who wrongly characterized campaign contributions as bribes.• He offered me a cash bribe to help him secure the contract.• The violent citizens sought to kill or abduct the Pope when Barbarossa refused to pay them an immense bribe.• A customs official pocketed up to $500,000 in bribes for permitting cocaine to pass through the port.• They paid millions in bribes to tax officials in order to avoid investigation.• In 1994, a major trial involving bribes paid by subsidiaries of Ferruzzi Finanziaria SpA in 1990 led to numerous convictions.• Agnew was later forced to resign over a little unforeseen matter of bribes and tax evasion stemming from his years in Maryland.• Foreign firms willing to offer bribes typically win 80% of international deals.• Only a minority of managers used threats, offered bribes, or criticized the competition to get their way.• Some companies in Belgium and France had paid bribes for the award of contracts.• During his term in office, he took bribes ranging from 22 million to 220 million yen.• The two brothers regularly used bribes and threats to further their business.
accept/take a bribe• First, a media sting operation caught several senior government aides taking bribes from arms dealers.• Corruption, taking bribes, failure to declare a conflict in interests have all constituted contempts. 4.• She is alleged to have accepted a bribe used to finance an election campaign for the minister.• A mere 18 months ago members of his International Olympic Committee stood accused of taking bribes.• Half a dozen senior people in the energy ministry, recently sacked on suspicion of taking bribes, may well join him.• Pay enough and it takes away the need to take a bribe.• Charles Becker, a policeman who took bribes, was tried for the crime and electrocuted at Sing Sing.
From Longman Business Dictionary
bribebribe1 /braɪb/ noun [countableC]LAW
an amount of money or something valuable that someone gives you to persuade you to help them or do something dishonest for them
US citizens are forbidden by law from offering bribes to officials of foreign governments.
He was to be included in the investigation for allegedly accepting bribes.
bribebribe2 verb [transitiveT]LAW
to dishonestly give money to someone to persuade them to do something that will help you
His office-equipment firm had bribed politicians to win public-works contracts.
Origin bribe2
(1300-1400) Old French “bread given to a beggar”
bribe1 verbbribe2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
LDOCE Online
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Corpus
IELTS BNC: 11092 COCA: 10665
bribe

noun

VERB + BRIBE | PREPOSITION VERB + BRIBE➤give sb, offer (sb), pay sb（向某人）行賄◇He admitted paying bribes to police officers.他承認賄賂警察。➤accept, take受賄PREPOSITION➤in bribes用來行賄◇He paid out millions of dollars in bribes.他行賄數百萬美元。➤bribe of⋯的賄賂◇a bribe of €200200 歐元的賄賂
IELTS BNC: 11092 COCA: 10665
bribe

noun

  ➡ See also the entry for incentive 另见incentive条bribe ♦︎ bait ♦︎ pay-off ♦︎ kickbackThese are all words for sth which is used to persuade sb to do sth you want them to. 这些词均表示用于劝诱、买通别人的贿赂、酬金等。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆bait / a pay-off / a kickback for sb◆a £1 000 / $500, etc. bribe / pay-off◆to offer (sb) a bribe / a pay-off◆to offer sth as a bribe / bait◆to pay sb a bribe / kickback◆to take bribes / the bait / kickbacks■ bribe [countable] a sum of money or sth valuable that you give or offer to sb to persuade them to do sth, especially to help you by doing sth dishonest 贿赂◆She had been offered a $50 000 bribe to drop the charges.有人用5万元贿赂她，要她撤回控告。◆It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office.他被指在任时收受贿赂。◆The tax cut was described as a pre-election bribe.减税被说成是选举前的贿赂。  see also bribery ⇨ corruption ▸ bribe

verb

 [transitive] ◆They bribed the guards with cigarettes.他们用香烟贿赂看守。◆She was bribed into handing over secret information.她被收买交出了机密。■ bait [uncountable, countable] a person or thing that is used to attract, trick or catch sb, especially to make them do what you want 用作诱饵的人（或事物）◆The police used him as bait to trap the killers.警方用他作诱饵，设圈套捉拿凶手。◆She covered her face and began to sob, but he wouldn't rise to the bait (= react as she wanted him to).她捂住脸抽噎起来，但他不为所动。■ ˈpay-off [countable] (informal, usually disapproving) a sum of money paid to sb so that they will not cause you any trouble, to make them keep a secret, or to persuade them to leave their job （用以买通别人的）黑钱；行贿钱；辞退金；遣散费◆The government are investigating pay-offs to high-ranking officials.政府正在就高级官员收受贿款展开调查。◆The Chief Executive left a year early with a £1.5 million pay-off.总裁提前一年离职，拿到了150万英镑的补偿金。▸ ˌpay sb ˈoff

phrasal verb

◆All the witnesses had been paid off.所有的证人都被买通了。■ kickback ˈkɪkbæk [countable] (especially NAmE, rather informal) a sum of money paid illegally to sb in return for work or help, especially to politicians or officials as part of a business deal （尤指为商业交易非法付给政客或官员的）回扣，酬金，佣金◆They were accused of paying kickbacks to politicians to obtain public contracts.他们被指控向政客支付回扣以获得公共机构合同。
IELTS BNC: 11092 COCA: 10665

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