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Bribe
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.
(2):
(n.) A gift begged; a present.
(3):
(n.) A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
(4):
(n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
(5):
(v. t.) To rob or steal.
(6):
(v. t.) To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
(7):
(v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
(8):
(v. i.) To commit robbery or theft.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bribe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bribe.html. 1828.
