Bribing

//ˈbɹaɪbɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Bribery.

    "1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bribe form-of, gerund, participle, present

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corruptiongraft

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"He is accustomed to bribing anyone who gets in his way."

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