Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
bribe
NOUN:
Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior: fix, graft, payola. Informal :payoff. Slang :boodle. SeeCRIMES, MONEY, PERSUASION.
VERB:
To give, offer, or promise a bribe to: buy (off). Informal :pay off. Idioms: grease someone's palm (or hand) . SeeCRIMES, MONEY, PERSUASION.
