The definition of bribery is offering something desirable or something of value in exchange for getting something in return.
(noun)Giving a congressman money to get a lucrative government contract job is an example of bribery.
See bribery in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. briberies
Origin: ME & OFr briberie, theft: see bribe
See bribery in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. brib·er·ies
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