When we poor blacks take bribes, we perform what we are bribed to perform, and the law discovers us in consequence.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
“Bribes?”
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust
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Macmillan
— to give money or presents to someone so that they will help you by doing something dishonest or illegal
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Collins
— A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
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Other Word Forms
bribe
bribed
bribing
Usage
3 uses of ‘bribes’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster