'Bribery' definitions:

Definition of 'bribery'

(from WordNet)
noun
The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage [syn: bribery, graft]

Definition of 'Bribery'

From: GCIDE
  • Bribery \Brib"er*y\, n.; pl. Briberies. [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See Bribe, n.]
  • 1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. [1913 Webster]
  • Bribery oath, an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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