bribable

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bribe (br

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.

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Adj.

bribable - 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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