Vocabulary : Bribe to Brickbat
Bribe : A gift begged; a present. ;; A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust. ;; That which seduces; seduction; allurement. ;; To rob or steal. ;; To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to. ;; To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe. ;; To commit robbery or theft. ;; To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.
Bribed : of Bribe
Bribeless : Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.
Briber : A thief. ;; One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices. ;; That which bribes; a bribe.
Briberies : of Bribery
Bribery : Robbery; extortion. ;; The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
Bribing : of Bribe
Bric-a brac : Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
Brick : A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. ;; Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. ;; Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). ;; A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. ;; To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks. ;; To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them.
Brickbat : A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4.
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