bribe

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From Middle English bribe, from Old French briber (“go begging”), from the noun bribe (“a gift”).

285 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: omkoopgeld — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Albanian: ryshfet — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Albanian: mitë — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Southern Altai: карын (karïn) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Arabic: رَشْوَة (rašwa) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Arabic: رِشْوَة (rišwa) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Arabic: رُشْوَة (rušwa) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Arabic: بِرْطِيل (birṭīl) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Arabic: برطيل (barṭīl) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Armenian: կաշառք (kašaṙkʻ) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Assamese: ঘোচ (ghüs) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Azerbaijani: rüşvət — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Azerbaijani: yeyki — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Bashkir: ришүәт (rişwət) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Belarusian: ха́бар (xábar) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Belarusian: по́дкуп (pódkup) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Bengali: ঘুষ (ghuś) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Bulgarian: по́дкуп (pódkup) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Bulgarian: рушве́т (rušvét) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Burmese: လာဘ် (labh) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Catalan: suborn — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Cebuano: suborno — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Cebuano: suhol — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Chechen: кхаъ (qaʔ) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Chechen: хӏума (huma) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Chinese Cantonese: 賄賂 /贿赂 (kui2 lou6) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Chinese Mandarin: 賄賂 /贿赂 (huìlù) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Chinese Mandarin: 行賄 /行贿 (xínghuì) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Chuvash: взятка (vzjatka) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓahashishi — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Czech: úplatek — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Danish: bestikkelse — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Dutch: steekpenning — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Dutch: smeergeld — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Erzya: казневкс (kaznevks) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Esperanto: koruptaĵo — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Esperanto: ŝmirmono — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Estonian: pistis — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Estonian: altkäemaks — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Finnish: lahjus — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• French: pot-de-vin — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Galician: suborno — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Galician: aliciamento — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Galician: baixamau — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Galician: engado — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Galician: comechura — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Georgian: ქრთამი (krtami) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• German: Bestechungsgeld — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• German: Schmiergeld — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Greek: δωροδοκία (dorodokía) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Greek: δωροληψία (dorolipsía) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Greek: φακελάκι (fakeláki) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Gujarati: લાંચ (lā̃c) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Gujarati: રુશ્વત (ruśvat) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hausa: hanci — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hausa: toshiya — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hebrew: שׁוֹחַד (shókhad) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hiligaynon: hiphip — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hindi: रिश्वत (riśvat) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hindi: घूस (ghūs) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hungarian: megvesztegetés — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hungarian: csúszópénz — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hungarian: vesztegetés — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Hungarian: kenőpénz — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Icelandic: múta — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Ido: suborno — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Indonesian: suap — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Indonesian: sogokan — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Indonesian: rasywah — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Italian: tangente — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Italian: bustarella — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Italian: mazzetta — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Japanese: 賄賂 (wairo) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Kannada: ಲಂಚ (lañca) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Kazakh: пара (para) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Khmer: សំណូក (sɑmnouk) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Korean: 뇌물 (noemul) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Korean: 뢰물 (roemul) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Korean: 회뢰 (hoeroe) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Central Kurdish: بەرتیل (bertîl) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Northern Kurdish: bertîl — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Northern Kurdish: rişwet — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Northern Kurdish: ruşwet — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Kyrgyz: пара (para) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Lao: ສິນບົນ (sin bon) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Latin: ēmercātiō — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Latvian: kukulis — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Lezgi: ришвет (rišvet) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Lithuanian: kyšis — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Macedonian: поткуп (potkup) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Macedonian: мито (mito) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Macedonian: рушвет (rušvet) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Maguindanao: kagakal — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Malay: rasuah — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Malay: duit kopi — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Malayalam: കൈക്കൂലി (kaikkūli) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Malayalam: കോഴ (kōḻa) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Maltese: tixmiħ — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Māori: moni whakapati — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Māori: koha whakapati — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Māori: utu whakapati — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Marathi: लाच (lāc) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Eastern Mari: взятка (vzatka) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Mongolian: хахууль (xaxuulʹ) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Mongolian: хээл (xeel) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠬᠤᠤᠯᠢ (qaquuli) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠭᠡᠯ (kegel) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Nepali: घूस (ghūs) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Nogai: карын (karın) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Norwegian Bokmål: bestikkelse — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Odia: ଲାଞ୍ଚ (lāñca) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Odia: ଘୁସ୍ (ghus) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Oromo: gunaa — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Ossetian: гӕртам (gærtam) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Pashto: بډې (báḍe) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Pashto: رشوت (rešwát) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Dari: رِشْوَه (rišwa) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Dari: رِشْوَت (rišwat) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Iranian Persian: رِشْوِه (rešve) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Iranian Persian: بَدْکَنْد (badkand) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Iranian Persian: پارِه (pâre) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Iranian Persian: رِشْوَت (rešvat) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Polish: łapówka — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Polish: wziątka — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Polish: załącznik — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Polish: kuban — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Portuguese: suborno — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Portuguese: propina — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Punjabi: ਰਿਸ਼ਵਤ (riśvat) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Romanian: mită — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Romanian: șpagă — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Russian: взя́тка (vzjátka) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Russian: по́дкуп (pódkup) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Russian: мзда (mzda) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Sanskrit: लञ्चा (lañcā) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Serbo-Croatian: ми́то — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Serbo-Croatian: míto — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Sinhalese: අල්ලස් (allas) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Slovak: úplatok — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Slovene: podkupnina — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: soborno — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: coima — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: mordida — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: alfadía — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: cañonazo — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: untada — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: unto — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: merusa — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: bajín — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: embute — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Spanish: convoluto — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Swahili: hongo — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Swahili: rushwa — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Swedish: muta — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Swedish: dusör — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tagalog: suhol — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tagalog: lagay — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tajik: пора (pora) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tajik: ришва (rišva) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tajik: ришват (rišvat) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tamil: லஞ்சம் (lañcam) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tatar: ришвәт (rişwät) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Telugu: లంచము (lañcamu) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Thai: สินบน (sǐn-bon) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Thai: ส่วย (sùai) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tibetan: རྒྱུ་རྔན (rgyu rngan) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tibetan: སྐྱབས་རྟེན (skyabs rten) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Turkish: rüşvet — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Ottoman Turkish: رشوت (rüşvet) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Turkmen: para — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Turkmen: berim — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Tuvan: хээли (xeeli) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Ukrainian: хаба́р (xabár) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Ukrainian: пі́дкуп (pídkup) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Urdu: رِشْوَت (riśvat) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Urdu: گُھوس (ghūs) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Urdu: یافْت (yāft) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Urdu: پارَہ (pāra) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Uyghur: پارا (para) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Uzbek: pora — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Uzbek: rishva — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Uzbek: rishvat — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Vietnamese: hối lộ — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Vietnamese: đút lót — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Welsh: llwgrwobr — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Welsh: llwgrwobrwy — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Welsh: cildwrn — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Yakut: бэрик (berik) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Yiddish: שמיר (shmir) — inducement to a breaking of the rules
• Arabic: رَشَا (rašā) — to give a bribe
• Arabic: بخشش (baḵšaš) — to give a bribe
• Armenian: կաշառել (kašaṙel) — to give a bribe
• Basque: erosi — to give a bribe
• Bulgarian: подку́пвам (podkúpvam) — to give a bribe
• Bulgarian: подку́пя (podkúpja) — to give a bribe
• Burmese: လာဘ်ပေး (labhpe:) — to give a bribe
• Catalan: subornar — to give a bribe
• Chinese: 楔空 (zh-min-nan) — to give a bribe
• Chinese: 楔錢 /楔钱 — to give a bribe
• Chinese: 楔後空 /楔后空 — to give a bribe
• Chinese: 楔後手 /楔后手 (zh-min-nan) — to give a bribe
• Chinese Mandarin: 賄賂 /贿赂 (huìlù) — to give a bribe
• Chinese Mandarin: 行賄 /行贿 (xínghuì) — to give a bribe
• Czech: uplatit — to give a bribe
• Czech: podplatit — to give a bribe
• Danish: bestikke — to give a bribe
• Dutch: omkopen — to give a bribe
• Esperanto: korupti — to give a bribe
• Esperanto: subaĉeti — to give a bribe
• Finnish: lahjoa — to give a bribe
• French: verser un pot-de-vin — to give a bribe
• French: soudoyer — to give a bribe
• French: corrompre — to give a bribe
• Galician: subornar — to give a bribe
• Georgian: ქრთამის მიცემა (krtamis micema) — to give a bribe
• German: bestechen — to give a bribe
• German: schmieren — to give a bribe
• German: kaufen — to give a bribe
• Greek: δωροδοκώ (dorodokó) — to give a bribe
• Hebrew: שיחד (shichéd) — to give a bribe
• Hiligaynon: hiphip — to give a bribe
• Hindi: घूस देना (ghūs denā) — to give a bribe
• Hungarian: veszteget — to give a bribe
• Hungarian: megveszteget — to give a bribe
• Hungarian: lefizet — to give a bribe
• Hungarian: megken — to give a bribe
• Icelandic: múta — to give a bribe
• Ido: subornar — to give a bribe
• Indonesian: menyuap — to give a bribe
• Indonesian: menyogok — to give a bribe
• Irish: breab a thabhairt — to give a bribe
• Italian: offrire una tangente — to give a bribe
• Italian: corrompere — to give a bribe
• Khmer: សែន (saen) — to give a bribe
• Khmer: បង់សាច់ (bɑngsac) — to give a bribe
• Lao: ໃຫ້ສິນບົນ (hai sin bon) — to give a bribe
• Latvian: kukuļot — to give a bribe
• Lithuanian: papirkti — to give a bribe
• Maguindanao: magakal — to give a bribe
• Māori: whakapati — to give a bribe
• Norman: corrompre — to give a bribe
• Norman: séduithe — to give a bribe
• Norman: graîssi la patte — to give a bribe
• Norwegian Bokmål: bestikke — to give a bribe
• Odia: ଲାଞ୍ଚ ଖୋଇବା (Lān̄cha khoibā) — to give a bribe
• Persian: رشوه دادن (rešve dâdan) — to give a bribe
• Polish: dawać łapówkę — to give a bribe
• Polish: przekupić — to give a bribe
• Portuguese: subornar — to give a bribe
• Russian: дава́ть взя́тку (davátʹ vzjátku) — to give a bribe
• Russian: подкупа́ть (podkupátʹ) — to give a bribe
• Russian: подкупи́ть (podkupítʹ) — to give a bribe
• Serbo-Croatian: митити — to give a bribe
• Serbo-Croatian: подмитити — to give a bribe
• Serbo-Croatian: поткупити — to give a bribe
• Serbo-Croatian: потплатити — to give a bribe
• Serbo-Croatian: mítiti — to give a bribe
• Serbo-Croatian: podmititi — to give a bribe
• Serbo-Croatian: potkúpiti — to give a bribe
• Serbo-Croatian: potplátiti — to give a bribe
• Spanish: sobornar — to give a bribe
• Spanish: cohechar — to give a bribe
• Spanish: coimear — to give a bribe
• Spanish: aceitar — to give a bribe
• Spanish: untar — to give a bribe
• Spanish: comprar — to give a bribe
• Spanish: corromper — to give a bribe
• Spanish: ticuicear — to give a bribe
• Swahili: -honga — to give a bribe
• Swedish: muta — to give a bribe
• Swedish: besticka — to give a bribe
• Tagalog: manuhol — to give a bribe
• Tagalog: maglagay — to give a bribe
• Turkish: rüşvet vermek — to give a bribe
• Ottoman Turkish: رشوتلمك (rüşvetlemek, rişvetlemek) — to give a bribe
• Ukrainian: дава́ти хаба́р (daváty xabár) — to give a bribe
• Ukrainian: підкупо́вувати (pidkupóvuvaty) — to give a bribe
• Ukrainian: підкупля́ти (pidkupljáty) — to give a bribe
• Ukrainian: підкупи́ти (pidkupýty) — to give a bribe
• Vietnamese: đút lót — to give a bribe
• Vietnamese: đút — to give a bribe
• Vietnamese: hối lộ — to give a bribe
• Welsh: llwgrwobrwyo — to give a bribe
• Yiddish: שמירן (shmirn) — to give a bribe
• Yiddish: אונטערקויפֿן (unterkoyfn) — to give a bribe