bribe-taker

When bribery crosses borders--for example, when the bribe-giver and the bribe-taker come from different countries and speak different languages--multiple jargons and dialects add new layers of confusion.

A Bribe By Any Other Name James G. Tillen 2010

When bribery crosses borders -- for example, when the bribe-giver and the bribe-taker come from different countries and speak different languages -- multiple jargons and dialects add new layers of confusion.

A Bribe By Any Other Name James G. Tillen 2010

Arguably a turncoat, possibly a degenerate (his last mistress was his niece by marriage and the daughter of a former lover), certainly a shameless flatterer and world-class bribe-taker, Talleyrand was also the most skillful and farsighted diplomat of his age and a man of arresting grace, wit, and style.

Charm Offensive 2007

Arguably a turncoat, possibly a degenerate (his last mistress was his niece by marriage and the daughter of a former lover), certainly a shameless flatterer and world-class bribe-taker, Talleyrand was also the most skillful and farsighted diplomat of his age and a man of arresting grace, wit, and style.

Charm Offensive 2007

Everyone involved will cover for the dishonest bribe-taker rather than risk exposing himself, and -- of course -- law enforcement is usually reluctant to turn on its own masters.

Giles Slade: Free Fall: December 2008. 2009

Ultimately Congress obliged them in considerable measure in 1968 by adopting the Williams Act (named for disgraced bribe-taker Sen. Harrison Williams).

The Original Corporate Raider Henry G. Manne 2008

CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): A week after voters chose Republican Brian Bilbray to fill out the remainder of disgraced bribe-taker Randy "Duke" Cunningham's term, Bilbray took the oath of office.

CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2006 2006

CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Eighteen candidates are seeking the San Diego-area congressional seat vacated by convicted bribe-taker Duke Cunningham.

CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2006 2006

He was a terribly shifty, pettifogging knave and bribe-taker — a thoroughly bad man; he had been turned out of the provincial treasury and had had to stand his trial on more than one occasion; he was often of use to my father ....

The Watch 2006

The bribe corrupts the tendering process; and it will probably have a corrupting effect on the moral character of the bribe-taker.

Corruption Miller, Seumas 2005