bribery

English

Etymology

bribe +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bribery (plural briberies)

1. the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions
2. (law) the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes

Hypernyms

• crime
  • corruption
  • venality

Derived terms

• antibribery
• anti-bribery

 

Translations

making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions

• Afrikaans: omkopery
• Arabic: رَشْوَة f (rašwa)
• Armenian: կաշառում (hy) (kašaṙum)
• Bulgarian: подкупване n (podkupvane), рушветчийство (bg) n (rušvetčijstvo)
• Catalan: suborn (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行賄／行贿 (zh) (xínghuì)

• Czech: úplatkářství n
• Danish: bestikkelse c
• Dutch: omkoperij (nl) f
• Esperanto: subaĉetado
• Finnish: lahjonta (fi)
• French: corruption (fr) f
• German: Bestechung (de) f
• Greek: δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía)
• Hebrew: שיחוד m (shikhud)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: megvesztegetés (hu)
• Indonesian: penyuapan (id), penyogokan (id)
• Irish: breabaireacht f
• Italian: concussione (it) f, corruzione (it) f
• Japanese: 賄賂のやり取り (わいろのやりとり, wáiro no yarítori), 賄賂 (ja) (わいろ, wairo)
• Khmer: ការស៊ីសំណូក (kaa sii sɑmnook)
• Korean: 증회 (jeunghoe), 뇌물 (ko) (noemul)
• Latin: largitio f
• Malay: rasuah (ms)
• Maori: utu whakapati
• Polish: łapówkarstwo (pl) n, łapownictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: suborno (pt) m
• Russian: взя́точничество (ru) n (vzjátočničestvo)
• Slovak: úplatkárstvo n
• Spanish: soborno (es) m, cohecho (es) m, coima (es)
• Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutning (sv) c
• Thai: อามิสสินจ้าง (aamít sĭn jâang)
• Turkish: rüşvet (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự đút lót, sự hối lộ, sự mua chuộc
• Welsh: llwgrwobrwyaeth f

giving, offering or accepting bribes

• Afrikaans: omkopery
• Arabic: رشوة
• Armenian: կաշառակերություն (hy) (kašaṙakerutʻyun) (receiving bribes)
• Catalan: subornar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 受賄／受贿 (zh) (shòuhuì) (receiving bribes)

• Danish: bestikkelse c
• Greek: (giving) δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía), (accepting) δωροληψία (el) f (dorolipsía)
• Hungarian: vesztegetés (hu)
• Irish: breabaireacht f
• Italian: (giving) corruzione (it) f, (receiving) concussione (it) f
• Japanese: 収賄 (ja) (しゅうわい, shūwai) (receiving bribes)
• Korean: 증수회 (jeungsuhoe)
• Maori: utu whakapati
• Romanian: (giving) dare de mită f, (accepting) luare de mită f
• Spanish: sobornar (es)
• Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutbrott (sv) n
• Vietnamese: sự ăn hối lộ