bribery
/ˈbrʌɪbəri/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbrʌɪbəri/
bribery
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- Final y vowel sound
bri - be - ry -> bribery
Myanmar meaning
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တံစိုးလက်ဆောင်။ လာဘ်။
take/accept bribes ❍ The policeman was offered/given a bribe of £5 000 to keep his mouth shut.
v ~ sb (with sth) လာဘ်ထိုးသည်။
attempt to bribe a jury with offers of money ❍ He bribed his way past (ie gave a bribe to) the guard and escaped. ❍ One of the witnesses was bribed to give false evidence.
❏ bribe sb into doing sth [PHRV ]
(တစ်ခုခု လုပ်ပေးရန်) လာဘ်ထိုးသည်။ She was bribed into handing over secret information.
❏ bribery /'braÇbǝri/ n [U]
လာဘ်ပေးလာဘ်ယူ။ accuse/convict sb of bribery ❍ a bribery scandal.
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inducement, backhander, enticement, carrot, sweetener, kickback, action, allurement, approach, bait, blackmail, bung, buy, buy back, buy off, buyoff, coax, compensation, contract, corrupt, corrupt money, corrupting gift, do business, entice, envelope, feedbag, fix, fringe benefit, get at, get to, gift, goody, graft, gratuity, gravy, grease, grease palm, hush money, ice, incentive, induce, influence, influence peddling, instigate, lagniappe, lubricate, lure, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, payoff, payola, perk, perquisite, persuade, pervert, present, price, protection, remuneration, request silence, reward, seduce, soap, sop, square, suborn, sugar, sweeten the pot, sweetening, take, take care of, tamper, tempt, tip, win over
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