ETYM Old Eng. brybery rascality, Old Fren. briberie. Related to Bribe.
The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage; SYN. graft.<br /> Corruptly receiving or agreeing to receive, giving or promising to give, any gift, loan, fee, reward, or advantage as an inducement or reward to persons in certain positions of trust. For example, it is an offense to improperly influence in this way judges or other judicial officers, members and officers of public bodies, or voters at public elections.