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Bribe vs Suborned - What's the difference?

bribe | suborned |

As verbs the difference between bribe and suborned

is that bribe is to give a to while suborned is (suborn).

As a noun bribe

is something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.

bribe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
  • * Hobart
  • Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
  • That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
  • * Akenside
  • Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (brib)
  • To give a to.
  • * F. W. Robertson
  • Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
  • To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
  • to bribe somebody's compliance

    suborned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (suborn)
  • Anagrams

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    suborn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury
  • To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thou art suborned against his honour.
  • * Dryden
  • Those who by despair suborn their death.

    Derived terms

    * subornation * subornative * suborner