bribe, bribery, payoffs

Definition:

To “bribe” means to give someone something of value, such as money, to influence that person to do something dishonest.

The soldiers who guarded Jesus’ empty tomb were bribed with money to lie about what happened.
Sometimes a government official will be bribed to overlook a crime or to vote a certain way.
The Bible forbids giving or taking bribes.
The term, “bribe” could be translated as “dishonest payment” or “payment for lying” or “price for breaking the rules.”
To “bribe” could be translated with a word or phrase that means, to “pay to influence (someone)” or to “pay to have a dishonest favor done” or to “pay for a favor.”