as in lured
to influence someone with a bribe
meat inspectors were bribed, and the contaminated beef was sold to the public
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Recent Examples of bribed
Reviewing fake CDLs experts say are sometimes issued by unscrupulous American trucking schools or bribed Mexican bureaucrats.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
But the vast majority of officials caught stealing, being bribed or taking kickbacks become footnotes in local history, with the cost of the graft passed on to taxpayers.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
As part of this scheme Da Ying Sze bribed TD Bank employees in order to deposit large amounts of cash –occasionally in excess of one million dollars in a single day —- into accounts not formally under his control.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Even the execution guards were bribed to not shoot.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Workers are frequently coached, records falsified and inspectors bribed to present idealized conditions during the brief time audits take place.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Judges, for instance, may be bribed, bullied, or blackmailed into compliance, or be publicly vilified as incompetent, corrupt, or unpatriotic.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
But the vast majority of officials caught stealing, being bribed or taking kickbacks become footnotes in local history, with the cost of the graft passed on to taxpayers.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
As part of this scheme Da Ying Sze bribed TD Bank employees in order to deposit large amounts of cash –occasionally in excess of one million dollars in a single day —- into accounts not formally under his control.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Even the execution guards were bribed to not shoot.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Workers are frequently coached, records falsified and inspectors bribed to present idealized conditions during the brief time audits take place.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Judges, for instance, may be bribed, bullied, or blackmailed into compliance, or be publicly vilified as incompetent, corrupt, or unpatriotic.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bribed
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After being lured into fighting by social media, prospective foreign volunteers have to fill out an online application before being contacted for an interview.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Like so many adolescents, the 27-year-old New York native left piano behind, lured by the siren call of, well, literally anything else.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Technology plays a role, but Hughes cautions against being seduced by high-profile projects at the expense of less visible but more foundational work.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Armisen voices a number of droll characters and is hilariously — and fittingly — deadpan as the figure of Death who becomes seduced by show biz via a clever agent (Kind).—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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The sight of Morro Rock has greeted countless visitors to this part of California’s Central Coast for centuries, from the European explorers who came to the area enticed by its calm waters, to the modern-day surfers who ride the swells that break outside the bay.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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As many other countries clamp down on the super-rich, Italy has been bucking the trend; its accommodative flat-tax regime has enticed hordes of big spenders drawn to luxury living and Milan’s increasingly bustling business scene.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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Their leads include Dominican newcomer Valentina Shen Wu, who had to be persuaded several times to take on the role of the Chinese silk maker, Mei.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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For his efforts, which also included spending more than $7,000 to trim trees and cut down two redwoods and a fir, he was rewarded with a certificate from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety that persuaded his insurer to maintain his coverage.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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In truth, you’re tempted to do the exact opposite of anything that anyone tells you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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However, she could be tempted to break that pattern in order to celebrate her WAG promotion from girlfriend to fiancée.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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As part of her ruling, Kreuziger barred McQueen, 59, from saying Lawrence Kenyon poisoned or attempted to poison her while they were married.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
10 Sep. 2025
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When she was eventually released, Lee and a small group of her followers made the journey to America to spread their gospel, believing the people of Manchester to be poisoned by the teachings of the Church of England.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And the new role had a different sort of perk, in the form of compensation.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But Kraft ran Harris over, rumbled to the 7-yard line and two plays later Josh Jacobs had a 2-yard TD run.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The baffling Windows 11 update bug that corrupted SSDs now appears to be linked to storage drives running pre-release firmware.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Sep. 2025
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We are absolutely not corrupted.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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