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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bribery \Brib"er*y\, n.; pl {Briberies}. [OE. brybery rascality, OF briberie. See {Bribe}, n.] 1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.] 2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. {Bribery oath}, an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bribery n : the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage [syn: {graft}]
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