ETYM French bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar), Late Lat. briba scrap of bread; cf. Old Fren. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and Old High Germ. bilibi food.
Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment; SYN. payoff.

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. + prikaži više

ETYM French corruption, Latin corruptio.
1. Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation).
2. Destroying someone's honesty or loyalty or moral integrity.
3. Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; SYN. degeneracy, depravity.

A percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster.