Mr Koop would be the last person to take a bribe.
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Bribe
//bɹaɪb//
Synonyms for "bribe" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
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Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (51)
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7 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriescauses
1 entriescauses desire
3 entriesderived
13 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas subevent
1 entriesholonym
4 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
Translations
285 translations across 109 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- omkoopgeld noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Albanian
2 entries- mitë noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ryshfet noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Arabic
4 entries- برطيل noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- بِرْطِيل noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- رَشْوَة noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- رُشْوَة noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Armenian
2 entries- կաշառք noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- կաշառել verb (to give a bribe)
Assamese
1 entries- ঘোচ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- rüşvət noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- yeyki noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Bashkir
1 entries- ришүәт noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Basque
1 entries- erosi verb (to give a bribe)
Belarusian
2 entries- по́дкуп noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ха́бар noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Bengali
1 entries- ঘুষ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Bulgarian
4 entries- по́дкуп noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- рушве́т noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- подку́пвам verb (to give a bribe)
- подку́пя verb (to give a bribe)
Burmese
2 entries- လာဘ် noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- လာဘ်ပေး verb (to give a bribe)
Catalan
2 entries- suborn noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- subornar verb (to give a bribe)
Cebuano
2 entries- suborno noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- suhol noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بەرتیل noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Chechen
2 entries- кхаъ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- хӏума noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Chinese
4 entries- 楔後手 /楔后手 verb (to give a bribe)
- 楔後空 /楔后空 verb (to give a bribe)
- 楔空 verb (to give a bribe)
- 楔錢 /楔钱 verb (to give a bribe)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 賄賂 /贿赂 noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 行賄 /行贿 noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- 賄賂 /贿赂 noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- 行賄 /行贿 verb (to give a bribe)
- 賄賂 /贿赂 verb (to give a bribe)
Chuvash
1 entries- взятка noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Czech
3 entries- úplatek noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- podplatit verb (to give a bribe)
- uplatit verb (to give a bribe)
Danish
2 entries- bestikkelse noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- bestikke verb (to give a bribe)
Dari
2 entries- رِشْوَت noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- رِشْوَه noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Dutch
3 entries- smeergeld noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- steekpenning noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- omkopen verb (to give a bribe)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- взятка noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Erzya
1 entries- казневкс noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Esperanto
4 entries- koruptaĵo noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ŝmirmono noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- korupti verb (to give a bribe)
- subaĉeti verb (to give a bribe)
Estonian
2 entries- altkäemaks noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- pistis noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Finnish
2 entries- lahjus noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- lahjoa verb (to give a bribe)
French
4 entries- pot-de-vin noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- corrompre verb (to give a bribe)
- soudoyer verb (to give a bribe)
- verser un pot-de-vin verb (to give a bribe)
Galician
4 entries- aliciamento noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- baixamau noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- comechura noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- engado noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Georgian
2 entries- ქრთამი noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ქრთამის მიცემა verb (to give a bribe)
German
4 entries- Bestechungsgeld noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- Schmiergeld noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- bestechen verb (to give a bribe)
- kaufen verb (to give a bribe)
Greek
4 entries- δωροδοκία noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- δωροληψία noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- φακελάκι noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- δωροδοκώ verb (to give a bribe)
Gujarati
2 entries- રુશ્વત noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- લાંચ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Hausa
2 entries- hanci noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- toshiya noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Hebrew
2 entries- שׁוֹחַד noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- שיחד verb (to give a bribe)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- hiphip noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- hiphip verb (to give a bribe)
Hindi
3 entries- घूस noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- रिश्वत noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- घूस देना verb (to give a bribe)
Hungarian
4 entries- csúszópénz noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- kenőpénz noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- megvesztegetés noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- vesztegetés noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Icelandic
2 entries- múta noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- múta verb (to give a bribe)
Ido
2 entries- suborno noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- subornar verb (to give a bribe)
Indonesian
4 entries- rasywah noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- sogokan noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- suap noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- menyogok verb (to give a bribe)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- بَدْکَنْد noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- رِشْوَت noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- رِشْوِه noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- پارِه noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Irish
1 entries- breab a thabhairt verb (to give a bribe)
Italian
4 entries- bustarella noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- mazzetta noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- tangente noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- corrompere verb (to give a bribe)
Japanese
1 entries- 賄賂 noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Kannada
1 entries- ಲಂಚ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Kazakh
1 entries- пара noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Khmer
3 entries- សំណូក noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- បង់សាច់ verb (to give a bribe)
- សែន verb (to give a bribe)
Korean
3 entries- 뇌물 noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- 뢰물 noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- 회뢰 noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- пара noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Lao
2 entries- ສິນບົນ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ໃຫ້ສິນບົນ verb (to give a bribe)
Latin
1 entries- ēmercātiō noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Latvian
2 entries- kukulis noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- kukuļot verb (to give a bribe)
Lezgi
1 entries- ришвет noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kyšis noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- papirkti verb (to give a bribe)
Macedonian
3 entries- мито noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- поткуп noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- рушвет noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Maguindanao
2 entries- kagakal noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- magakal verb (to give a bribe)
Malay
2 entries- duit kopi noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- rasuah noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Malayalam
2 entries- കൈക്കൂലി noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- കോഴ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Maltese
1 entries- tixmiħ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Marathi
1 entries- लाच noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Mongolian
4 entries- хахууль noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- хээл noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ᠬᠠᠬᠤᠤᠯᠢ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ᠬᠡᠭᠡᠯ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Māori
4 entries- koha whakapati noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- moni whakapati noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- utu whakapati noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- whakapati verb (to give a bribe)
Nepali
1 entries- घूस noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- ɓahashishi noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Nogai
1 entries- карын noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Norman
3 entries- corrompre verb (to give a bribe)
- graîssi la patte verb (to give a bribe)
- séduithe verb (to give a bribe)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- bertîl noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- rişwet noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ruşwet noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bestikkelse noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- bestikke verb (to give a bribe)
Odia
3 entries- ଘୁସ୍ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ଲାଞ୍ଚ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ଲାଞ୍ଚ ଖୋଇବା verb (to give a bribe)
Oromo
1 entries- gunaa noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Ossetian
1 entries- гӕртам noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- رشوت noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- رشوتلمك verb (to give a bribe)
Pashto
2 entries- بډې noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- رشوت noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Persian
1 entries- رشوه دادن verb (to give a bribe)
Polish
4 entries- kuban noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- wziątka noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- załącznik noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- łapówka noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Portuguese
3 entries- propina noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- suborno noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- subornar verb (to give a bribe)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਰਿਸ਼ਵਤ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Romanian
2 entries- mită noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- șpagă noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Russian
4 entries- взя́тка noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- мзда noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- по́дкуп noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- дава́ть взя́тку verb (to give a bribe)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लञ्चा noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- míto noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ми́то noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- mítiti verb (to give a bribe)
- podmititi verb (to give a bribe)
Sinhalese
1 entries- අල්ලස් noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Slovak
1 entries- úplatok noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Slovene
1 entries- podkupnina noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Southern Altai
1 entries- карын noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Spanish
4 entries- alfadía noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- bajín noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- cañonazo noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- coima noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Swahili
3 entries- hongo noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- rushwa noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- honga verb (to give a bribe)
Swedish
4 entries- dusör noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- muta noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- besticka verb (to give a bribe)
- muta verb (to give a bribe)
Tagalog
4 entries- lagay noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- suhol noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- maglagay verb (to give a bribe)
- manuhol verb (to give a bribe)
Tajik
3 entries- пора noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ришва noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ришват noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Tamil
1 entries- லஞ்சம் noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Tatar
1 entries- ришвәт noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Telugu
1 entries- లంచము noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Thai
2 entries- สินบน noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- ส่วย noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Tibetan
2 entries- རྒྱུ་རྔན noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- སྐྱབས་རྟེན noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Turkish
2 entries- rüşvet noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- rüşvet vermek verb (to give a bribe)
Turkmen
2 entries- berim noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- para noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Tuvan
1 entries- хээли noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Ukrainian
4 entries- пі́дкуп noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- хаба́р noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- дава́ти хаба́р verb (to give a bribe)
- підкупи́ти verb (to give a bribe)
Urdu
4 entries- رِشْوَت noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- پارَہ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- گُھوس noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- یافْت noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Uyghur
1 entries- پارا noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Uzbek
3 entries- pora noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- rishva noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- rishvat noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Vietnamese
4 entries- hối lộ noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- đút lót noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- hối lộ verb (to give a bribe)
- đút verb (to give a bribe)
Welsh
4 entries- cildwrn noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- llwgrwobr noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- llwgrwobrwy noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- llwgrwobrwyo verb (to give a bribe)
Yakut
1 entries- бэрик noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
Yiddish
3 entries- שמיר noun (inducement to a breaking of the rules)
- אונטערקויפֿן verb (to give a bribe)
- שמירן verb (to give a bribe)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The mayor denied having taken a bribe.
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It was very sensible of him to reject the bribe.
Source: tatoeba (246521)
The merchant sent the politician a bribe.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.