How to Use bribery in a Sentence

bribery

noun

• They were arrested on charges of bribery.
• Catch up on what to know about the bribery trial in progress.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• Dates in other courts changed the scope of bribery laws.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 June 2022
• The two men have been linked to a high-profile bribery scandal.
  — Katharina Rosskopf, Bloomberg.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• Grunewald to one count of bribery and Gilbert to one count of making false statements to the FBI.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
• What is the bribery scandal that has rocked the EU and how has Qatar reacted?
  — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
• Adams was charged with bribery and wire fraud in late September.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
• Ross pleaded guilty for his role in the bribery scheme and awaits sentencing.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
• Also in 1999, he was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges.
  — Chloe Melas, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• Combs was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges, and Shyne was found guilty of the club shooting at trial.
  — Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
• He was later cleared of bribery charges in a high-profile trial that same year.
  — Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023
• He has not been sentenced after pleading guilty to one bribery charge a year ago.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
• The rights to the game were subject to byzantine contracts and agreements and machinations and bribery.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• Jones, who worked at the border crossings in San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, was acquitted of a bribery charge.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
• Kennedy and Vickers carried out their bribery scheme for years, according to the DOJ.
  — Max Thornberry, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022
• This is the second time in the past six years that Menendez has faced bribery charges, but he was acquitted last time.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
• Netanyahu also faces a litany of corruption charges on bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
  — Paul Goldman, NBC News, 16 July 2023
• The company was sentenced to five years of probation for fraud and bribery.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
• Adams has pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment charging him with bribery and fraud.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
• Wrapping up Tuesday, Moss repeated that the case is not about bribery.
  — Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2023
• In 2017, towing titan Gasper Fiore pleaded guilty to bribery.
  — Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2022
• Adams for months pushed the attorneys to provide more information about the scope and scale of the bribery scandal.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 27 July 2022
• Ex-Ohio House Speaker on trial in state's largest bribery scandal.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• Combs was acquitted of gun possession and bribery charges, while Shyne was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
• Schindler, for example, was in jail on charges of bribery at the time the eponymous list of workers whose lives would be saved was put together.
  — Emily Tamkin, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• The bribery allegation is the most recent in a growing list of criminal charges that Bankman-Fried faces.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
• Salt Lake City's 2002 Winter Olympics after a bribery scandal.
  — Sam Metz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022
• A few years later, Donalds had pleaded guilty to a felony bribery charge for his role in a plot to defraud a bank—the charge was later expunged.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 4 Jan. 2023
• The dean, Marilyn Flynn, was sentenced to 18 months of home confinement after pleading guilty to one count of bribery.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
• Menendez, of New Jersey, was convicted of 16 counts — including bribery, extortion, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and acting as a foreign agent — for his role in a yearslong bribery scheme.
  — CNN, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024