over-bribev.
/ˌəʊvəˈbrʌɪb/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbraɪb/ Now rare.
transitive. To win over by bribery; to bribe over again; to offer (a person) a larger bribe than a rival.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe
meedOE
underorna1325
corrump1387
forbuy1393
hirec1400
wage1461
fee1487
under-arearc1503
bribe1528
grease1528
money1528
corrupt1548
budc1565
to feed with money1567
to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580
sweeten1594
to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598
over-bribe1619
to buy off1629
palter1641
to take off1646
buy1652
overmoneya1661
bub1684
to speak to ——1687
to tickle in the palm1694
daub1699
overbuy1710
touch1752
palm1767
to get at ——1780
fix1790
subsidize1793
sop1837
to buy over1848
backsheesh1850
nobble1856
square1859
hippodrome1866
see1867
boodleize1883
boodle1886
to get to ——1901
reach1906
straighten1923
lubricate1928
to keep (someone) sweet1939
sling1939
to pay off1942
bung1950
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe > again
rebribe1602
over-bribe1748
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 243 Iugurtha so ouerbribed his armie also, that..he got the victory.
1620 Hæc-vir sig. C2v You had..so ouer-brib'd the world, to be deafe to any grant of Restitution.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxii. 129 He who would be bribed to undertake a base thing by one, would be over-bribed to retort the baseness.
1864 Southern Lit. Messenger 1 8/1 It was that name, which Fanchon had dropped on entering upon a new career in Serimia's service, which he had whispered to her, when he attempted to over-bribe her employer.
1900 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities vii. 331 He bribed some fishermen... Hunter..was informed..and overbribed the prospective undertakers and thus secured the body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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