单词 | bribability |
释义 | bribabilityn. The quality of being bribable; corruptibility. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > ability to be bribed an itching palm1607 venalitya1683 shop-conscience1683 bribability1832 1832 J. Taylor Rec. my Life II. xvii. 232 The doctor seems to show symptoms of bribability. 1867 T. Carlyle Shooting Niagara iii. 10 The calling in of new supplies of blockheadism, gullibility, bribeability, amenability to beer and balderdash. 1919 A. Bullard Russ. Pendulum ii. xxvii. 194 I was very sure that if they offered him a bribe he would reject their offer... I discovered later..that they sounded out another American official on the bribability of Mr. Heid. 1962 Operations Res. 10 909 The bribe money should be sent to those places..where social conditions are worst or cop bribability is the highest. 2006 Economist 30 Sept. 49/3 One judge is nicknamed ‘servant’ because of his docile bribability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1832 |
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