Object

• janitor: He was obliged to bribe the janitor, too, because the laws of the house permitted neither animals nor babies within its precincts.

• detainee: They also used vouchers to try to bribe detainees to disclose the names of the people who organized the strike.

• electorate: Yet the Labor party are continuing the Tory policy of trying to bribe the electorate, instead of maintaining proper levels of public expenditure.

• guard: Will you be skillful enough to bribe the guards to collect Marie Antoinette?

• official: In India poor women speak of having to bribe forest officials for each bundle of firewood they collect.

Converse of object

• accept: From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes?

• pay: Their families had to pay bribes to have them released, says the campaign.

• take: Surely, the real sin is taking a bribe, not the giving.

• offer: Ben is offered a bribe to drop Daphne's case.

• receive: In the course of these duties, he himself also received substantial bribes.

• give: Those who give bribes should be dealt with... Firms who bribe should be refused export credits " .

Adjective modifier

• alleged: The timing of the alleged bribe to Mr Mills is thus a subject of great debate.

• big: Really it was because a white face in an area where there are no white people means the possibility of a bigger bribe.

Modifies a noun

• row: Continue reading " The Observer: " Olympic bribes row forces London into £ 15m U-turn " - will anyone resign?

Noun used with modifier

• election: And that on top of Gordon Brown withdrawing the council tax subsidy he introduced as an election bribe last year.

• cash: Who do I contact to talk about a compilation LP / offer a cash bribe?

• tax: The SNP will not increase tax - but we will not be bought by Gordon Brown's penny tax bribe.