How to Use bribery in a Sentence

bribery

noun
  • They were arrested on charges of bribery.
  • Catch up on what to know about the bribery trial in progress.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Dates in other courts changed the scope of bribery laws.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 June 2022
  • The two men have been linked to a high-profile bribery scandal.
    Katharina Rosskopf, Bloomberg.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Grunewald to one count of bribery and Gilbert to one count of making false statements to the FBI.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Hassett and Busch could serve up to 5 years in prison with their sole bribery charge.
    Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2021
  • What is the bribery scandal that has rocked the EU and how has Qatar reacted?
    Mostafa Salem, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Adams was charged with bribery and wire fraud in late September.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • In late 2020, seven of his top aides accused him of bribery and abuse of office.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 27 July 2021
  • Ross pleaded guilty for his role in the bribery scheme and awaits sentencing.
    Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Also in 1999, he was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges.
    Chloe Melas, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Combs was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges, and Shyne was found guilty of the club shooting at trial.
    Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • He was later cleared of bribery charges in a high-profile trial that same year.
    Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023
  • He has not been sentenced after pleading guilty to one bribery charge a year ago.
    Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The rights to the game were subject to byzantine contracts and agreements and machinations and bribery.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Jones, who worked at the border crossings in San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, was acquitted of a bribery charge.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
  • The company said $700 million would go to settling a bribery inquiry in the U.S.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 25 May 2022
  • Kennedy and Vickers carried out their bribery scheme for years, according to the DOJ.
    Max Thornberry, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • This is the second time in the past six years that Menendez has faced bribery charges, but he was acquitted last time.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • Netanyahu also faces a litany of corruption charges on bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
    Paul Goldman, NBC News, 16 July 2023
  • The company was sentenced to five years of probation for fraud and bribery.
    Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Long eventually pleaded guilty to bribery, and the bar closed.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Adams has pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment charging him with bribery and fraud.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Carrie Austin was indicted on bribery charges last year and Ald.
    John Byrne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Wrapping up Tuesday, Moss repeated that the case is not about bribery.
    Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In 2017, towing titan Gasper Fiore pleaded guilty to bribery.
    Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Adams for months pushed the attorneys to provide more information about the scope and scale of the bribery scandal.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 27 July 2022
  • Ex-Ohio House Speaker on trial in state's largest bribery scandal.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
  • In the suit, the plaintiffs claimed that Musk and his entities violated state laws that prohibit vote bribery and unauthorized lotteries.
    Bruna Horvath, NBC news, 11 June 2025
  • Two years later Benito Mussolini would march on Rome, but not before the former convinced the later to step down from electoral politics, which required a combination of bribery and defenestration (the poet enjoyed the first and survived the second).
    Ed Simon june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025

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