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  • 1bribe — ▪ I. bribe bribe 1 [braɪb] noun [countable] LAW an amount of money or something valuable that someone gives you to persuade you to help them or do something dishonest for them: • US citizens are forbidden by law from offering bribes to officials… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2take — takable, takeable, adj. taker, n. /tayk/, v., took, taken, taking, n. v.t. 1. to get into one s hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write. 2. to hold, grasp, or grip: to take a book …

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  • 3take — I. verb (took; taken; taking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from Old Norse taka; akin to Middle Dutch taken to take Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to get into one s hands or into one s possession, power, or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 4take — [[t]teɪk[/t]] v. took, tak•en, tak•ing, n. 1) to get into one s hands or possession by voluntary action: Take the book, please[/ex] 2) to hold, grasp, or grip: to take a child by the hand[/ex] 3) to get into one s possession or control by force… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 5bribe — bribe1 [braıb] v [T] 1.) to illegally give someone, especially a public official, money or a gift in order to persuade them to do something for you ▪ The only way we could get into the country was by bribing the border officials. bribe sb to do… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6bribe — [n] payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity allurement, bait, blackmail, buyoff, compensation, contract, corrupting gift, corrupt money, enticement, envelope*, feedbag*, fringe benefit, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush… …

    New thesaurus

  • 7take care of — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, administer to, approach, attain, attend, attend on, attend to, baby sit, be responsible for, blast, blot out, boss, bribe, bump off, buy, buy off, care for, carry on, carry out, carry through,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8For British Eyes Only — Infobox Arrested Development episode episode name = For British Eyes Only episode no = 3AJD02 airdate = September 26, 2005 writer = Richard Day and Mitchell Hurwitz director = John Fortenberry guest star = Charlize Theron as Rita Leeds Dave… …

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  • 9Bribe — An illegal payment from one party to another, usually in return for a legal or financial favor. Bribes are often made to public officials or heads of other regulatory agencies in order to escape legal convictions or unfavorable rulings,… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 10take care of —    1. to kill or render impotent    Literally, to look after, whence to account for:     Clearly, the commissionaire of the night watch could easily be taken care of. (Forsyth, 1994)    2. to bribe    Another form of looking after:     Osborne… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms