Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "bribe" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Causes

not guilty verdict

Causes Desire

clean house please parents ride horse

Derived Terms

bribable bribee bribeless bribeproof briber bribery bribetaker bribetaking outbribe overbribe rebribe unbribed unbribing

Context

crime

Subevents

offer money

Part Of (Holonyms)

bribery corruption patronage venality

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

gift pay payment quid pro quo

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

baksheesh grease money grease payment green handshake hush money kickback lubrication payment

Type Of (IsA)

payment

Manner Of

pay

Related Terms

corrupt greed scratch someone's back spoils venal you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

Related Terms

action activity allurement blackmail blackmail sometimes cheating cop cop payment corruption crime dishonesty exchange financial financial transaction give give money giving giving money illegal illegal activity illegal money illegal payment illegal payoff illegal tempting immoral immoral payoff inducement influence involved manipulation monetary monetary persuasion money money involved money manipulation money offering off offering pay pay off payment payoff payoff cop persuasion politicians reward seduction sometimes tempting transaction wrong

Synonym Network

bakshish

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.