Meanings (ES + gloss)
alfadía • bajín • cañonazo • coima • convoluto • embute • merusa • mordida • soborno • untada • unto
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
The bribes I took did not influence me to become evil. I was evil from the beginning and the bribes were merely a bonus
c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Yardly v. Ellill Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe.
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aceitar • cohechar • coimear • comprar • corromper • sobornar • ticuicear • untar
To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscien…
She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements.