(~s, bribing, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
He was being investigated for receiving ~s.
N-COUNT
2.
If one person ~s another, they give them a ~.
He was accused of bribing a senior bank official...
The government ~d the workers to be quiet.
VERB: V n, V n to-inf