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Bribery vs Collusion - What's the difference?

bribery | collusion |

As nouns the difference between bribery and collusion

is that bribery is the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions while collusion is a secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy.

bribery

English

Noun

(briberies)
  • the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions
  • (legal) the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes

    • collusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}

    Related terms

    * collude

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