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bribe
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."