bribery

English

Etymology

bribe +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/

Noun

bribery (plural briberies)

1. the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions
2. (law) the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes

Translations

making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions

• Arabic: رشوة‎
• Armenian: կաշառում (hy) (kašaṙum)
• Bulgarian: подкупване n (podkupvane), рушветчийство (bg) n (rušvetčijstvo)
• Catalan: suborn m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行賄 (zh), 行贿 (zh) (xínghuì)

• Czech: úplatkářství n
• Dutch: omkoperij (nl) f
• Esperanto: subaĉetado
• Finnish: lahjonta (fi)
• French: corruption (fr) f
• German: Bestechung (de) f
• Greek: δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía)
• Hebrew: שיחוד‎ m (shikhud)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: penyuapan (id), penyogokan (id)

• Irish: breabaireacht f
• Italian: corruzione (it) f
• Japanese: 賄賂のやり取り (わいろのやりとり, wáiro no yarítori), 賄賂 (ja) (わいろ, wairo)
• Khmer: ការស៊ីសំណូក (kaa sii sɑmnook)
• Korean: 증회 (jeunghoe), 뇌물 (ko) (noemul)
• Latin: largitio f
• Malay: rasuah
• Maori: utu whakapati
• Portuguese: suborno (pt) m
• Russian: взя́точничество (ru) n (vzjátočničestvo)
• Spanish: soborno (es) m, cohecho (es) m
• Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutning c
• Thai: อามิสสินจ้าง (aamít sĭn jâang)
• Turkish: rüşvet (tr)
• Welsh: llwgrwobrwyaeth f

giving, offering or accepting bribes

• Arabic: رشوة‎
• Armenian: կաշառակերություն (hy) (kašaṙakerutʿyun) (receiving bribes)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 受賄 (zh), 受贿 (zh) (shòuhuì) (receiving bribes)

• Greek: (giving) δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía), (accepting) δωροληψία (el) f (dorolipsía)
• Irish: breabaireacht f

• Japanese: 収賄 (しゅうわい, shūwai) (receiving bribes)
• Korean: 증수회 (jeungsuhoe)
• Maori: utu whakapati
• Romanian: (giving) dare de mită f, (accepting) luare de mită f
• Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutbrott (sv) n