Bribery
Bribery noun - The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage.
Intimidation and bribery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intimidation" instead a noun "Bribery".
Intimidation
Intimidation noun - The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something.
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Bribery and intimidation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bribery" instead a noun "Intimidation".
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- Later novels reveal that Black Sun accumulated most of its power not by bribery or intimidation, but by gathering information to blackmail high-level officials into cooperating, making it as much a private intelligence agency as a crime syndicate, and one the Bothans alone can outdo.
Source: The Syndicate -
Cain (THE HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!) writes that the Inquisitors don't like bribery and intimidation, because they resent people infringing on their methods.
Source: I Take Offense to That Last One - Profit's titular character regularly engaged in blackmail, bribery, extortion and intimidation to achieve his nefarious goals.
Source: Anti Hero / Live-Action TV
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