Antonyms for bribe
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1. bribe

   A gift is in the popular, and also in the legal sense that which is voluntarily bestowed without expectation of return or compensation. Gift is now almost always used in the good sense, bribe always in the evil sense to signify payment for a dishonorable service under the semblance of a gift. In Scriptural language gift is often used for bribe. "The king by judgment establisheth the land; but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it." Prov. xxix, 4. A benefaction is a charitable gift, generally of large amount, and viewed as of enduring value, as an endowment for a college. A donation is something, perhaps of great, never of trivial value, given usually on some public ground, as to a cause or to a person representing a cause, but not necessarily of value beyond the immediate present; as, a donation to a pastor. A gratuity is usually something of moderate value and is always given as to an inferior, and as of favor, not of right; as, a gratuity to a waiter. Largess is archaic for a bountiful gratuity, usually to be distributed among many, as among the heralds at ancient tournaments. A present is a gift of friendship, or conciliation, and given as to an equal or a superior; no one's pride is hurt by accepting what is viewed as strictly a present. A boon is a gift that has been desired or craved or perhaps asked, or something freely given that meets some great desire. A grant is commonly considerable in amount and given by public authority; as, a grant of public lands for a college.

   Antonyms:
   compensation, earnings, guerdon, penalty, remuneration, wages

   Synonyms:
   benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, present

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1. bribe, payoffverb

   payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

   Synonyms:
   issue, take, return, proceeds, yield, takings, payoff, wages, reward, final payment

2. bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsverb

   make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

   "This judge can be bought"

   Synonyms:
   grease one's palms, pervert, spoil, vitiate, deprave, debauch, purchase, subvert, profane, defile, sully, debase, misdirect, demoralise, corrupt, taint, demoralize, buy, cloud

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1. bribenoun

   Synonyms:
   hush-money, boodle (Slang)

2. bribeverb

   Synonyms:
   suborn

How to use bribe in a sentence?

1. Peter Schaffer:

   He allegedly bribed a collector without giving him any money, to look the other way on a test that was negative? no witnesses, no nothing. He walked in a T-shirt and shorts on crutches. How can you bribe somebody?

2. The FBI:

   The incarcerated fraudsters — who typically bribe guards to acquire cell phones — would choose an affluent area such as Beverly Hills, California, they would search the Internet to learn the correct area code and telephone dialing prefix. Then, with nothing but time on their hands, they would start dialing numbers in sequence, trolling for victims.

3. Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula:

   South Africa did not pay any bribe nor did it illegally obtain the right to host the World Cup.

4. Heiko Maas:

   If it turns out that votes have been bought, you can't just stick to such a decision. It's important that the World Cup is not awarded to whoever pays the highest bribe.

5. AMYNE E. QASEM:

   you can't bribe the history to talk about you

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