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2005.02.22
Here's one way to woo influential people that the law doesn't look very favorably on. We don't recommend it!
BRIBE 賄賂を贈る、賄賂
- To bribe someone
is to give them something valuable (such as money) to persuade them
to do something, especially something dishonest.
A bribe is money or something else of value that is used to bribe someone. - 動詞の bribe とは、誰かに価値のあるもの(現金など)を渡して、見返りになにかしてもらう、という意味です。とくに不正なことをしてもらうときに使います。
名詞の bribe とは、このようなもくろみで渡す、現金か他の価値のあるもののことをさします。
- He was accused of bribing a police officer after being stopped for drunk driving.
- (at a sold-out rock concert)
a: How did you manage to get such great seats?
b: I bribed the man at the box office. - The construction company offered bribes to the governor in exchange for lucrative contracts to build roads and government buildings.
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