Bribe and Take

Bribe

Bribe noun - Something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision.

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Take and bribe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a noun "Bribe".

Nearby Words: bribery, bribable, bribing, bribed, briber

Take noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

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Bribe and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bribe" instead a noun "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

best	best bribe	best take
usual	usual bribe	usual take
direct	direct bribe	direct take
single	single bribe	single take
Other adjectives: obvious, large, big, huge, subtle.

people	bribe people	take people
way	bribe way	take way

In Unseen Academicals we hear that the offical procedure for palace guards when someone tries to bribe their way into the palace is to accept the bribe and take the subject to the waiting room.

Source: Bribe Backfire
Her offering the bribe to Jimmy instead of her husband doing it will force them to take Jimmy's plea bargain.

Source: Series / Better Call Saul
There was also The Boys offering Blackbeard a quarter, which he views as a large bribe, before discovering it's effectively useless to him as no tavern will take it.

Source: Comically Small Bribe

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