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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In the ComEd Four case, the four defendants were convicted for falsifying books and records, not any bribery of foreign officials that the law originally sought to punish, the defense pointed out in asking Shah last month to stay the proceedings.
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
She was charged with conspiracy, bribery, bribe receiving and money laundering.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
After serving 18 months in prison for bribery, Dawkins is now representing a number of top college basketball players in NIL deals through his new agency, Seros Partners.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Scott Jenkins, 53, who served as Culpeper County sheriff from 2012 to 2023, was convicted on one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud and seven counts of bribery in December, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia said in a March 21 news release.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
She was charged with conspiracy, bribery, bribe receiving and money laundering.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
After serving 18 months in prison for bribery, Dawkins is now representing a number of top college basketball players in NIL deals through his new agency, Seros Partners.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Scott Jenkins, 53, who served as Culpeper County sheriff from 2012 to 2023, was convicted on one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud and seven counts of bribery in December, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia said in a March 21 news release.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Bribery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bribery. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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