Bribe vs Embezzlement - What's the difference?
bribe | embezzlement |
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
* Hobart
That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
* Akenside
To give a to.
* F. W. Robertson
To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
As nouns the difference between bribe and embezzlement
is that bribe is something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty while embezzlement is (legal|business) the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.As a verb bribe
is to give a to.bribe
English
Noun
(en noun)- Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
- Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(brib)- Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
- to bribe somebody's compliance