Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law. · The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery. · That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo 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. · To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
From Middle English bribe, from Old French briber (“go begging”), from the noun bribe (“a gift”).
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