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n. - Someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Noun : The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go. ,The children were given candy as a bribe to be good
  • Verb (used with object) : They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen. ,The judge was too honest to be bribed
  • A briber entered the private room of a congressman.
  • Both the briber and the illiterate are allies of the opposition.
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