bribe

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Something, such as money or a favor, offered or given to a person in a position of trust to influence that person's views or conduct.
2. n. Something serving to influence or persuade.
3. v. To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.
4. v. To give, offer, or promise bribes.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A gift begged; a present.
2. n. A gift or gratuity bestowed for the purpose of influencing the action or conduct of the receiver; especially, money or any valuable consideration given or promised for the betrayal of a trust or the corrupt performance of an allotted duty, as to a fiduciary agent, a judge, legislator, or other public officer, a witness, a voter, etc.
3. n. Anything that seduces: as, the bribes offered by glory or power.
4. To steal.
5. To give or promise a reward or consideration to for acting contrary to desire or duty; induce to a certain course of action by the gift or offer of something of value; gain over or corrupt by a bribe.
6. To steal.
7. To practise bribery; give a bribe to a person.

Wiktionary

1. n. Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
2. v. transitive To give a bribe to.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. obsolete A gift begged; a present.
2. n. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
3. n. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
4. v. obsolete To rob or steal.
5. v. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
6. v. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
7. v. obsolete To commit robbery or theft.
8. v. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
2. n. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment