bribe
bribe is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A gift begged; a present. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A gift begged; a present.
- noun. 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.
- noun. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
- transitive verb. To rob or steal.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
- intransitive verb. To commit robbery or theft.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- noun. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
- verb. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
"This judge can be bought"
Synonyms
Common word forms
bribed, briber, bribes, bribees, bribing, bribeable, bribeless
Words from these letters
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