Usually means: Illicit payments for favorable treatment.
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  1. bribes: Merriam-Webster
  2. bribes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bribes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Bribes, bribes: Wordnik
  5. bribes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bribes: Wiktionary
  7. bribes: Dictionary.com
  8. bribes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Bribes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. bribes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bribes: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. bribes: Legal dictionary

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  1. bribes: Encyclopedia

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  1. Bribes: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bribe)

noun:  Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
noun:  That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
verb:  (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
verb:  (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
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