money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, esp. in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.

The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.

anything given or serving to persuade or induce

The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.

to give or promise a bribe to

They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen.

to influence or corrupt by a bribe

The judge was too honest to be bribed.

to give a bribe; practice bribery.

noun

allurement , bait , blackmail , buyoff , compensation , contract , corrupting gift , corrupt money , enticement , envelope * , feedbag , fringe benefit , gift , goody * , graft , gratuity , gravy * , grease * , hush money * , ice * , incentive , inducement , influence peddling , kickback , lagniappe , lure , payola * , perk * , perquisite , present , price , protection * , remuneration , reward , sop * , sweetener , sweetening , take , fix , payola

verb

approach , buy , buy back , buy off , coax , corrupt , do business , entice , fix * , get at , get to , grease palm , influence , instigate , lubricate , lure , make a deal , oil palm , pay off , pervert , reward , seduce , soap * , square , suborn , sugar , sweeten the pot , take care of , tamper , tempt , tip , allurement , bait , blackmail , bonus , douceur , extort , fee , fix , gift , graft , grease , hire , kickback , meed , offer , oil , payola , sop , steal