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bribable

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bribe  (brb)
n.
1. Something, such as money or a favor, offered or given to a person in a position of trust to influence that person's views or conduct.
2. Something serving to influence or persuade.
v. bribed, brib·ing, bribes
v.tr.
To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.
v.intr.
To give, offer, or promise bribes.
[Middle English, from Old French, piece of bread given as alms.]
briba·ble adj.
briber n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bribablebribable - capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
corruptible, purchasable, venal, dishonest
corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
Translations
bribable [ˈbraɪbəbl] ADJ → sobornable
bribable
adj → bestechlich


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In numerous countries, judges are widely perceived to be open to bribery, and public prosecutors are not only bribable but subject to pressure from corrupt politicians.
The UN Convention against Corruption: a milestone on the road to ... by Vogl, Frank / UN Chronicle
They set out to plant phony evidence that Anton is fooling around on his new love, as well as trying to sabotage his new restaurant (the director's father, writer Dominick Dunne, plays a cameo as a bribable restaurant critic).
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