bribery

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English

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bribery

Etymology

From bribe +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

bribery (plural briberies)

The making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions.
(law) The activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes.

Hypernyms

crime
- corruption
- venality

Derived terms

Translations

making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions

Afrikaans: omkopery
Arabic: رَشْوَة f (rašwa)
Armenian: կաշառում (hy) (kašaṙum)
Bulgarian: подкупване n (podkupvane), рушветчийство (bg) n (rušvetčijstvo)
Catalan: suborn (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 行賄 / 行贿 (zh) (xínghuì)
Czech: úplatkářství n
Danish: bestikkelse c
Dutch: omkoperij (nl) f
Esperanto: subaĉetado
Finnish: lahjonta (fi)
French: corruption (fr) f
Galician: suborno
German: Bestechung (de) f
Greek: δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía)
Hebrew: שיחוד m (shikhud)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: megvesztegetés (hu)
Indonesian: penyuapan (id), penyogokan (id)
Irish: breabaireacht f
Italian: concussione (it) f, corruzione (it) f
Japanese: 賄賂のやり取り (わいろのやりとり, wáiro no yarítori), 賄賂 (ja) (わいろ, wairo)
Khmer: ការស៊ីសំណូក (kaa sii sɑmnook)
Korean: 증회 (jeunghoe), 뇌물 (ko) (noemul)
Latin: largitio f
Malay: rasuah (ms)
Maori: utu whakapati
Polish: łapówkarstwo (pl) n, łapownictwo (pl) n
Portuguese: suborno (pt) m
Russian: взя́точничество (ru) n (vzjátočničestvo)
Slovak: úplatkárstvo n
Spanish: soborno (es) m, cohecho (es) m
Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutning (sv) c
Thai: อามิสสินจ้าง (aamít sĭn jâang)
Turkish: rüşvet (tr)
Vietnamese: sự đút lót, sự hối lộ, sự mua chuộc
Welsh: llwgrwobrwyaeth f

giving, offering or accepting bribes

Afrikaans: omkopery
Arabic: رشوة
Armenian: կաշառակերություն (hy) (kašaṙakerutʻyun) (receiving bribes)
Catalan: subornar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 受賄 / 受贿 (zh) (shòuhuì) (receiving bribes)
Danish: bestikkelse c
Galician: subornar (gl), comprar (gl), mercar (gl), untar (gl)
Greek: (giving) δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía), (accepting) δωροληψία (el) f (dorolipsía)
Hungarian: vesztegetés (hu)
Indonesian: gratifikasi (id), penyuapan (id)
Irish: breabaireacht f
Italian: (giving) corruzione (it) f, (receiving) concussione (it) f
Japanese: 収賄 (ja) (しゅうわい, shūwai) (receiving bribes)
Korean: 증수회 (jeungsuhoe)
Maori: utu whakapati
Romanian: (giving) dare de mită f, (accepting) luare de mită f
Spanish: sobornar (es)
Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutbrott (sv) n
Vietnamese: sự ăn hối lộ

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