bribery
noun
brib·ery
ˈbrī-b(ə-)rē 
plural briberies
: the act or practice of giving or taking a bribe
Examples of bribery in a Sentence
They were arrested on charges of bribery.
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Jurors also convicted him on two counts of bribery and one Travel Act violation related to payments funneled to Madigan associates for do-nothing ComEd subcontracts.
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Uribe himself pleaded guilty to bribery charges and cooperated with prosecutors.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Last July, Menendez, who was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was found guilty of acting as a foreign agent, bribery, and other offenses and, in January, was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
And his whole presidency began with launching tools for bribery, meme coins to fleece working people and move around money in the dark, extortion settlements from media companies and law firms who gladly pay them.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Uribe himself pleaded guilty to bribery charges and cooperated with prosecutors.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Last July, Menendez, who was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was found guilty of acting as a foreign agent, bribery, and other offenses and, in January, was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
And his whole presidency began with launching tools for bribery, meme coins to fleece working people and move around money in the dark, extortion settlements from media companies and law firms who gladly pay them.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bribery
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“Bribery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bribery. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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