I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
accept a bribe
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The president’s family and friends accepted massive bribes in exchange for official favours.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
official
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False passports, employment agents, attempts to bribe immigration officials , the long uncertain wait.
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Money also serves to bribe the officials who have to take this decision.
way
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Nevertheless, he somehow bribed his way out of hospital to shoot down an impudent intruder strafing his base.
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Now you can bribe your way through any-thing.
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The report names companies prepared to bribe and bully their way to lucrative logging concessions.
■ VERB
try
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Or you can try bribing some one at the patent office.
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Last year a local deejay spent a month trying to bribe listeners into giving up information about the mysterious runner.
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Was it possible that she had tried to bribe the undertaker with her body?
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Nine businessmen from eight top conglomerates are being tried for bribing Roh.
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It takes a tremendous effort to stop, so: Be determined. Try bribing yourself.
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Combs on Thursday denied trying to bribe the man.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He bribed a guard to smuggle a note out of the prison.
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He alleged that the manager had tried to bribe him during a business lunch in 1993.
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Judges are bribed or threatened into making decisions favorable to drug traffickers.
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Santo was convicted of bribing tax inspectors in Italy.
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The defence are arguing that he was bribed to withdraw his testimony.
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Amateur name-grabbers, threatened with a court case, can usually be bribed to relinquish a valuable name.
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But in an entire career, I never knew a judge who I believed was bribed by raw money.
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Certainly he had bribed more border guards and Communist officials than he could remember.
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He bribed an operator at the transmat port to send us over to the space docks.
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If you wanted a judge bribed in Chicago, you used to come to my father.
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No clothes, no corruption, Fong had reasoned: how do you go about bribing a naked man?
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Or you can try bribing some one at the patent office.
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Wiedman molested the three boys in a Mesa hotel over three weeks, bribing and threatening them into silence.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accepting
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In a separate but related case, Senator Michel Cogger was charged on Sept. 12 with accepting bribes .
■ VERB
accept
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Five police officers, including a general, are on trial for accepting the alleged bribes from Fininvest.
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She is alleged to have accepted a bribe used to finance an election campaign for the minister.
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Margaret was in complete agreement with her husband's refusal to accept the bribe of a bishopric.
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Yes, she would accept Eloise's bribes without knowing that bribery existed.
offer
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Nobody's ever offered me a bribe .
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Corruption especially hampered businesses, who were prohibited by law from offering bribes and faced penalties if they were discovered doing so.
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She returned to town again and again, she stood in lines, searched, offered bribes , petitioned.
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Only a minority of managers used threats, offered bribes , or criticized the competition to get their way.
pay
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Until his confession he had steadfastly denied that any of his companies had paid bribes .
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They broke or brushed aside the obstacles that stood in their way, and made no secret of paying any necessary bribes .
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The violent citizens sought to kill or abduct the Pope when Barbarossa refused to pay them an immense bribe .
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Official prices were low, but you had to pay with time or bribes to actually acquire anything.
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He received consecutive two-year sentences for five charges which included manipulating stock prices, paying bribes and insider trading.
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Guzman reportedly paid bribes to secure privileges not given to other prisoners, including alcohol and women.
take
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Half a dozen senior people in the energy ministry, recently sacked on suspicion of taking bribes , may well join him.
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Pay enough and it takes away the need to take a bribe .
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A mere 18 months ago members of his International Olympic Committee stood accused of taking bribes .
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At least in Chicago, they have better things to do: prosecute judges, aldermen, clerks who take five-dollar bribes .
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Corruption, taking bribes , failure to declare a conflict in interests have all constituted contempts. 4.
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Charles Becker, a policeman who took bribes , was tried for the crime and electrocuted at Sing Sing.
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First, a media sting operation caught several senior government aides taking bribes from arms dealers.
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He had accused the Minister of the Interior and police chiefs of taking bribes from drug traffickers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A customs official pocketed up to $500,000 in bribes for permitting cocaine to pass through the port.
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During his term in office, he took bribes ranging from 22 million to 220 million yen.
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Foreign firms willing to offer bribes typically win 80% of international deals.
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He offered me a cash bribe to help him secure the contract.
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He was arrested on charges of bribery and corruption.
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In all his years of public service, he has only been offered a bribe once.
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Some companies in Belgium and France had paid bribes for the award of contracts.
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The inquiry showed that bribery was widespread.
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The judge admitted that he had accepted bribes.
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The judge was accused of accepting bribes.
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The two brothers regularly used bribes and threats to further their business.
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There was widespread bribery and corruption in the police department.
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They paid millions in bribes to tax officials in order to avoid investigation.
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Agnew was later forced to resign over a little unforeseen matter of bribes and tax evasion stemming from his years in Maryland.
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He was arrested by police, who he said, planted cannabis on him to extort a bribe .
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His lawyer says he was entrapped by overzealous prosecutors who wrongly characterized campaign contributions as bribes.
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In 1994, a major trial involving bribes paid by subsidiaries of Ferruzzi Finanziaria SpA in 1990 led to numerous convictions.
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Only a minority of managers used threats, offered bribes, or criticized the competition to get their way.
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The violent citizens sought to kill or abduct the Pope when Barbarossa refused to pay them an immense bribe .
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They insisted that the money was to cover legitimate expenses, and not a bribe .