Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To surpass in bribing.
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- verb transitive To
surpass inbribery .
Etymologies
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out- + bribe
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Examples
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For when an adversary is ready to bribe the judge, and the judge is as ready to be bribed, assuredly there is no way so likely to carry the cause, as to outbribe him.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III. 1634-1716 1823
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If that were the case, we could outbribe the Taleban in a New York minute: we’re spending 500 to 1000 times more per year on Afghanistan than their total income.
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