bribing
present participle ofbribe
| 单词 | bribing |
| 释义 | bribing present participle ofbribe bribe verb[T] uk/braɪb/us/braɪb/C1 totryto make someone do something for you by giving themmoney,presents, or somethingelsethat theywant: He bribedimmigrationofficialsandenteredthecountryillegally. [+ to infinitive]They bribed thewaitertofindthem abettertable.
Fraud & corruption
Examplesofbribingbribing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The unenforceable law is hardly qualified to be an institution, but the practice ofbribingcorrupt law enforcers does qualify. From theCambridge English Corpus There should be no question ofbribingpotential entrants. From theCambridge English Corpus There is a continuum rather than a gulf betweenbribingsomeone and thanking someone for services rendered. From theCambridge English Corpus In the pursuit of a successful career people were, however, forced to take all manner of risks, ranging frombribingcivil servants to dealing with politically 'suspect' individuals. From theCambridge English Corpus An attempt to smuggle legally prohibited goods bybribingthe enforcement officer would appear to be futile (except as a random drift tending to be absorbed into an equilibrium). From theCambridge English Corpus All her entreaties are ignored, not only because of the priest, but also because relatives of her husband's second wife intervene,bribinganyone who is tempted to help her. From theCambridge English Corpus Botsio's opponents claimed that he had spent £800bribingpeople to attend and support the resolution. From theCambridge English Corpus Poaching should properly be defined asbribingmen away from other firms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall come to the last item in a moment, but it is not true to say that we arebribingthem to go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no question ofbribingthe parents to try to make them swallow a rather bitter pill with a silver lining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We hear a lot aboutbribingpeople to keep children at school until 15. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We find, not that they arebribingthe electorate, but that they are proposing to juggle with the results of the election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He alleged that someone wasbribingour enforcement officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the absence of a system of education maintenance allowances, there is an inevitable element of "bribing" in the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should use the money saved frombribingpeople to export to put people into other products. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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