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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.4 / 5 votes

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. Erik Pevernagie:

   If we want to judge the solidity of the democratic level of a country, it is useful to look at the Bribe Payers' Index (BPI). ( “Bribe payers' index” )

2. AMYNE E. QASEM:

   you can't bribe the history to talk about you

3. StockMkt Today:

   SysterFucker SBI securities have stopped its web trading platform functioning right now and it shows around 2 pm the market may nose dive. SEBI securities top officials might be counting money received as bribe from brokers community

4. James Carafano:

   Look, we see this playing out in real time in Iran even as we watch the Ukraine crisis unfold, they want an Iran deal, and their idea is they’re going to give them such a good deal and bribe them so much that the Iranians will cooperate. That’s nonsense.

5. Alan Dershowitz:

   Its not, its not, the question is how you define corrupt, and my argument was theres a big difference between taking a bribe --I gave an example right on the floor of the Senate. If the president said, Im not giving you your money, Im withholding the money unless you let me build a hotel and have my name on it or give me a million-dollar kickback.Thats corrupt. Thats clear.

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