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They were arrested on charges of bribery.
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Meinl Bank was part of a vast bribery network that the Brazilian construction company has admitted to operating for more than a decade across Latin America.
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Park, Choi and Lee have all denied the bribery accusations in court.
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State Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks has been indicted on nine federal fraud and bribery counts in an action that supersedes the criminal charges brought against him in April.
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A North Dakota sheriff who abruptly resigned has been arrested on felony counts of conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and bribery.
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All three are facing charges of wire fraud, while Buncich and Szarmach also are charged with bribery.
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Aryeh Deri was previously sentenced to three years in prison for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in 2000 during his previous stint as interior minister in the 1990s.
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He was acquitted of bribery charges in a 1986 case in which he and four other men were charged with taking nearly $2 million in exchange for preferential treatment for companies that dealt with stage hospitals.
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The state’s blistering review comes just as the city is embroiled in a corruption scandal involving ex-Mayor Luis Aguinaga, who in September pleaded guilty in a federal bribery case.
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First Known Use of bribery
1549
Other Legal Terms
BRIBERY Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of bribery for Students
briberies
: the act of giving or taking a bribe
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Legal Definition of bribery
briberies
: the crime of giving or taking a bribe
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