noun

1. anything, esp. money, given or promised to induce a person to do something illegal or wrong
2. anything given or promised to induce a person to do something against his or her wishes

Etymology: ME < OFr, morsel of bread given to beggars < briber, to beg

transitive verb bribed, bribing brib′·ing

1. to offer or give a bribe to
2. to get or influence by bribing

intransitive verb