different between bribe vs suborned
bribe
English
Etymology
From Old French briber (“go begging”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?b, IPA(key): /b?a?b/
- Rhymes: -a?b
Noun
bribe (plural bribes)
- Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
- c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Yardly v. Ellill
- Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe.
- c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Yardly v. Ellill
- That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
- 1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination
- Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.
- 1974, George Fox, Mario Puzo, Earthquake
- Remy, this was a bribe! Our whole marriage has been nothing but a series of bribes!
- 1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:bribe
Derived terms
- bribeless
- bribeproof
- bribetaking
Translations
Verb
bribe (third-person singular simple present bribes, present participle bribing, simple past and past participle bribed)
- (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something, usually against his/her 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 conscience.
- October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute
- (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- ribbe
French
Etymology
Imitative. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ib/
- Rhymes: -ib
Noun
bribe f (plural bribes)
- (obsolete) crumb (of bread)
- scrap, bit
Further reading
- “bribe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
bribe From the web:
- what bribery mean
- what bribe did paris accept
- what bribe means
- what bribery
- what bribery and corruption
- what bribe called in china
- what is an example of bribery
- what does bribery mean
suborned
English
Verb
suborned
- simple past tense and past participle of suborn
Anagrams
- bounders, rebounds
suborned From the web:
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- bribe vs suborned
- terms vs suborned
- subornee vs suborned
- terms vs myomorpha
- heteroptera vs heteropteran
- ricefish vs icefish
- antarctic vs icefish
- notothenioidei vs icefish
- fish vs icefish
- perciform vs icefish
- icefish vs notothen
- notothenioidei vs notothen
- fossil vs macrofossil
- seed vs mesofossil
- leaf vs mesofossil
- fruit vs mesofossil
- plant vs mesofossil
- fossil vs mesofossil
- synapsins vs synapsing
- computerphobe vs computerphone