1. bribe - Noun
2. bribe - Verb
A gift begged; a present.
A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
To rob or steal.
To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
To commit robbery or theft.
To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used. Sun Tzu
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great. Edward Coke
I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. Graham Greene
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. Thornton Wilder
As to the juror or the witness, bribe both. Latin Proverb
Heaven was inspired by the first judge to take a bribe. Turkish Proverb