bribable

bribe

B0477500 (brīb)n.1. Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.2. Something offered to induce another to do something: tried to use dessert as a bribe to get the child to cooperate.v. bribed, brib·ing, bribes v.tr. To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.v.intr. To give, offer, or promise bribes.

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[Middle English, from Old French, piece of bread given as alms.]

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brib′a·ble adj.brib′er n.

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bribable - capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"corruptible, purchasable, venal, dishonestcorrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"

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