as in incentive
something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision
that judge refused a huge bribe to dismiss the charges against the wealthy defendant
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as in to lure
to influence someone with a bribe
meat inspectors were bribed, and the contaminated beef was sold to the public
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Recent Examples of bribe
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
After accepting the bribe, Jake goes to Mancuso with the money and gets him to call the robbery off.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Dave Collins, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
Zaglin and Marchena were accused of conspiring to bribe Honduran government officials, including Francisco Roberto Cosenza Centeno, the former executive director of the Honduran government entity known as TASA.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
James claims that perks and bribes were allegedly in exchange for favorable treatment during the audits.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
After accepting the bribe, Jake goes to Mancuso with the money and gets him to call the robbery off.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
Executives at a company that owns strip clubs around the country — including five in Denver — have been charged with bribing a New York official with free trips to some of the venues and with private dances to avoid paying more than $8 million in sales taxes, authorities said Tuesday.
—Dave Collins, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
Zaglin and Marchena were accused of conspiring to bribe Honduran government officials, including Francisco Roberto Cosenza Centeno, the former executive director of the Honduran government entity known as TASA.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bribe
Noun
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Tesla had a first-mover advantage in China in 2013, leveraging the government’s support of EVs with subsidies and incentives and its production base and opening a gigafactory in Shanghai in 2019.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Livermore and Alameda officials unsuccessfully offered their own tax incentive packages.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The town dates back to the 1860s, when Union Pacific's nearby coal deposits lured thousands of immigrant laborers to the mines and railyards as the company neared the completion of the transcontinental railroad.—
Jenna McMurtry,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
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Starring Lee Jung-jae, the series follows a group of indebted individuals who are lured into a macabre number of challenges that promise riches for the winner.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Anything less, advocates say, is a temporary fix.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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After October, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10, leaving older devices without updates, bug fixes, or security patches.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That includes other immigrants who continue to buy homes to move into or to invest in, even some without legal immigration status.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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Why does one hard working fan have to buy seven different versions of an album instead of just having all of the songs be on one complete album?—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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To him, animal behavior was largely based on stimulus and response.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Oct. 2025
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The receptors in your hands respond to myriad stimuli-like pressures—vibrations in sync with 15 different families of neurons.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Here are some of the less invasive procedures seducing Hollywood, as well as some of their most sought-after practitioners.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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Janet and Brad are put in separate rooms and both are seduced in the night by a shape-shifting Frank – in Janet's case, losing her virginity.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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The actor discussed his character's motivations in a 2024 interview with TV Insider.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Some of you may have felt a deep motivation to change your identity, embrace new horizons or shake up your life’s destiny.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The possibilities are enticing because of how both Mara and Johnson grade out defensively.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The 6-foot-4, 260-pound outside linebacker has a draft pedigree that could entice other squads.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Bribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bribe. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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