briber
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈbraɪbər/
:
sobornador
- The prosecutor's case was strengthened by the testimony of a former briber who revealed the illegal payments.
If the rule is known, it should reduce the willingness of bribers to bribe, but it should also increase the willingness of bribes to take bribes.
- If the rule is known, it should reduce the willingness of bribers to bribe, but it should also increase the willingness of bribes to take bribes.
Examples
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"As we continue to lose on both ends, jobs and revenues... politicians who are on the payroll of political bribers now try to sell us the idea that we should extract those losses on Medicare, Social Security, food stamps, pensions, firefighters, police, teachers, and a plethora of other programs that inevitably detract from consumption and GDP."
Blog text (16) -
Two: Arresting a briber is a good way to get a commendation.
Fiction book (1999) -
They also find that bribers have a higher cost of capital.
Blog text (1) -
Republicans went on and on about any failures (perceived and otherwise) in renewable energy, lamenting the cost, and yet currying favor with their fuel industry donors/bribers by giving them huge subsidies.
Blog text (32) -
In the investigation, the police arrested a briber who had offered money to city officials for favors.
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The magazine article exposed a network of politicians and bribers implicated in a large corruption scandal.
Synonyms
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7.0
Someone who makes other people act dishonestly or immorally
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7.3
A person or thing that makes people dishonest
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9.9
A person who gets someone to do something illegal, often by paying them
How Corrupt
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Briber comes from the word bribe plus the ending -er, which means 'one who does'. Long ago bribe meant a 'small gift', but it later came to mean a secret payment to get a favor, so a briber is someone who gives such a payment to influence someone.