RIFE


Meaning of RIFE in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

rife (= very common )

Corruption was rife in the south of the country.

rumours are rife (= are talked about by a lot of people )

Rumours were rife that the band had refused to play.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Drug abuse is rife despite a nationwide crackdown.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms.

But rumour is rife that the reactor pot has already been buried.

Granted, expectation of the Messiah was rife throughout the Holy Land at the time.

Horror stories are rife of ex-cons setting up their own security companies, with all the obvious risks that entails.

Only later did I find out conjecture was rife that I was a government spy.

Pitt was a great philanthropist and wanted to stamp out smuggling, which was rife .

Reports of inhuman treatment, torture, and public execution for failure to conform with Kimism were rife .

Rumours have always been rife about Macari's interest in turf accountancy.

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