Definition of "bribes" []

• Plural form of bribe. (noun)

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• "In a six-week trial before Judge T.S. Ellis, prosecutors contended that from 2000 to 2005, Mr. Jefferson sought hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a dozen companies involved in oil, communications, sugar and other businesses, often for projects in Africa."
• "For the 1000th time, once you decide to accept 100 million dollars in bribes from the insurance lobby, then you have no choice but to adopt the mandate/subsidy framework."
• "Army Corps of Engineers took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a construction company seeking contracts for projects in Iraq worth millions of dollars, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday."