Associations to the word «Bribery»

Wiktionary

BRIBERY, noun. The making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions
BRIBERY, noun. (legal) the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes

Dictionary definition

BRIBERY, noun. The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope