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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribe \Bribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bribed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Bribing}.]
1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge,
juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of
trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the
conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a
bribe to
Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote
against his conscience. --F. W.
Robertson
3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
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