Synonyms:
bribe, payoff
Meaning: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease_one's_palms
Meaning: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
Usage examples
Good is coming, and George; and so, by the way, is your boy Harry (there's a bribe for you).
It was the first time anyone had ever tried to bribe me, and it made me boil up like a geyser.
She cares for another person, and it's cruel to attempt to bribe her by magnificent offers to give him up."
A triumph when temptation's bribe Is slowly handed back, One eye upon the heaven renounced And one upon the rack.
He laughed and shook his head, telling her that she wanted to bribe him into taking her back, but it could not be.
'If you try to bribe me, you infernal little haberdasher, I'll have you off that horse and chuck you in the river.'
"But it knows any friend it has met once before: It never will look at a bribe: And in charity-meetings it stands at the door, And collects--though it does not subscribe.
Educationally, it then follows that to attach importance to interest means to attach some feature of seductiveness to material otherwise indifferent; to secure attention and effort by offering a bribe of pleasure.
My advice to him will be to take no bribe and surrender no right, and I have some other little matters in reserve, that shall be produced in due season for Sancho's benefit and the advantage of the island he is to govern."
Some will bribe, beg, solicit, rise early, entreat, persist, without attaining the object of their suit; while another comes, and without knowing why or wherefore, finds himself invested with the place or office so many have sued for; and here it is that the common saying, 'There is good luck as well as bad luck in suits,' applies.