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Synonyms of bribe in English:

bribe


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verb

1‘he used his considerable wealth to bribe officials’

SYNONYMS
buy off, pay off, suborn, give an inducement to, corrupt
informal grease someone's palm, give someone a backhander, give someone a sweetener, keep someone sweet, get at, fix, square
British informal nobble

noun

1‘he accepted bribes from lobbyists’

SYNONYMS
inducement, incentive
North American payola
informal backhander, pay-off, kickback, sweetener, carrot
British informal bung, dropsy
North American informal plugola, schmear
Australian informal sling
rare douceur, drop