as in incentive
something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision
that judge refused a huge bribe to dismiss the charges against the wealthy defendant
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as in to lure
to influence someone with a bribe
meat inspectors were bribed, and the contaminated beef was sold to the public
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Recent Examples of bribe
Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
Netanyahu will answer during his appearances to charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
—NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
The suit has raised new questions about fairness in college admissions, evoking comparisons to the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, in which a slew of celebrities and business tycoons were embroiled in a massive fraud scheme to bribe their way into prestigious colleges.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Noun
As part of the scheme, which took place between 2018 and 2019, Pastor accepted $55,000 in bribes, a federal judge said at his sentencing last year.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
Netanyahu will answer during his appearances to charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
—NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
Sarkozy, a conservative who remains an important figure in French politics even after leaving office in 2012, had been found guilty by a lower court of trying to bribe a judge and of peddling influence in exchange for confidential information about a probe into his 2007 campaign finances.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
The suit has raised new questions about fairness in college admissions, evoking comparisons to the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, in which a slew of celebrities and business tycoons were embroiled in a massive fraud scheme to bribe their way into prestigious colleges.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bribe
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While much of the Republican tax agenda involves continuing measures the party passed in 2017, Mr. Trump and other Republicans have floated additional ideas, including no taxes on tips and new incentives for corporations to manufacture in the United States.Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Overall sales are down 1.7 percent this year after European governments withdrew a number of subsidies and incentives.Jessica Bateman, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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Geyser, along with her co-defendant Anissa Weier, lured Leutner into the woods during a sleepover in 2014 to play hide-and-seek.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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The badgers are no longer gassed, they are mostly now lured into fields at night and shot by specialist teams of exterminators.Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Dunkin' Those in need of a quick caffeine fix are in luck, because Dunkin' will be open on both New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.Suzanne Blake, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Weekly Newsletter Get your fix of JSTOR Daily’s best stories in your inbox each Thursday.Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
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Unrivaled Sports is buying a sprawling Texas property known for its baseball tournaments as the youth sports industry continues to evolve toward using team sports as the basis for creating broader family experiences.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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Just last year, Authentic bought Champion, while Marquee acquired Totes and Isotoner and WHP inked a deal to take on Vera Wang.Evan Clark, WWD, 2 Jan. 2025
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Lastly, coupled with all else that is afoot in the wider market are some traders' hopes of an uptick in near-term crude demand from China as the market keenly awaits what further economic stimulus measures are taken by Beijing in the first quarter of the year.Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Since September, the Chinese government has unveiled stimulus measures such as monetary policy easing policies and plans to counteract the property market’s decline.Sofia Celeste, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
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Film The Eternal Becoming of Sofia Coppola Soraya Roberts Like so many of her heroines, the director seduces to control.hazlitt.net, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Football had already seduced the teenager when the father of a friend, who was the quarterback for the Everett High School team in Massachusetts where Sainristil starred, pulled some union ties for the cemetery job.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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While flipping the script on Finland is the focus, the historical significance of a gold medal win has long been part of the team’s motivation heading into the tournament.Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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When turnover is low, poor managers blend in with good ones, and even previously effective managers may grow complacent, neglecting employee motivation and productivity.Christine Michel Carter, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Police said the doctor used job recruiting websites to offer potential victims high hourly pay to entice them into working for him.Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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To entice potential buyers, the suspect took videos of himself shooting the guns in East Palo Alto and San Jose, including open fields and a school campus, according to Shih.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Bribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bribe. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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