bribery

«bribery» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Giving or offering money, gifts or favours to someone so… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bribery, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Giving or offering money, gifts or favours to someone so they will do something dishonest or unfair for you. tree →

2) (informal, humorous) Offering a treat to get someone to do something, as parents sometimes do. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Gifts given to make a judge or official act unjustly. Job says the tents of bribery will burn. Interpretation: The Torah forbids taking bribes because they blind the wise and ruin justice. Judges must be fair. In the primary lessons: In law, news and ethics lessons, bribery is a crime: officials, referees or judges must not accept bribes. In everyday family life it is used jokingly: «a bit of bribery with chocolate got the kids to tidy up».

examples

• For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. (Writings JOB.15.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• Bribery is against the law. tree →
• The official went to prison for bribery. tree →
• Mum used a little bribery to get us to eat our sprouts. tree →
• The referee was accused of bribery. tree →
• Bribery makes things unfair for honest people. tree →
• At this last bribery, Pinocchio could no longer resist and said firmly: tree →

note

Uncountable. Related: bribe (noun and verb, a bribe), to bribe someone. Bribery is a serious crime even if the gift seems small.

In the corpora

• For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bribery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.