Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bribe
Participle: bribed
Gerund: bribing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bribe |
| you | bribe |
| he;she;it | bribes |
| we | bribe |
| you | bribe |
| they | bribe |
Perfect
| I | have bribed |
| you | have bribed |
| he;she;it | has bribed |
| we | have bribed |
| you | have bribed |
| they | have bribed |
Past
| I | bribed |
| you | bribed |
| he;she;it | bribed |
| we | bribed |
| you | bribed |
| they | bribed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bribed |
| you | had bribed |
| he;she;it | had bribed |
| we | had bribed |
| you | had bribed |
| they | had bribed |
Future
| I | will bribe |
| you | will bribe |
| he;she;it | will bribe |
| we | will bribe |
| you | will bribe |
| they | will bribe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bribed |
| you | will have bribed |
| he;she;it | will have bribed |
| we | will have bribed |
| you | will have bribed |
| they | will have bribed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bribe |
| you | bribe |
| he;she;it | bribe |
| we | bribe |
| you | bribe |
| they | bribe |
Perfect
| I | have bribed |
| you | have bribed |
| he;she;it | have bribed |
| we | have bribed |
| you | have bribed |
| they | have bribed |
Imperfect
| I | bribed |
| you | bribed |
| he;she;it | bribed |
| we | bribed |
| you | bribed |
| they | bribed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bribed |
| you | had bribed |
| he;she;it | had bribed |
| we | had bribed |
| you | had bribed |
| they | had bribed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bribe |
| you | would bribe |
| he;she;it | would bribe |
| we | would bribe |
| you | would bribe |
| they | would bribe |
Perfect
| I | would have bribed |
| you | would have bribed |
| he;she;it | would have bribed |
| we | would have bribed |
| you | would have bribed |
| they | would have bribed |
Imperative
| you | bribe |
| we | Let's bribe |
| you | bribe |
Verbs conjugated like 'bribe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bribe'
bride,
brine,
tribe,
arise,
baize,
berime,
berine,
bib,
bide,
bike,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1386, "thing stolen," from O.Fr. "morsel of bread given to beggars," from
briber "to beg," a general Romantic word, of uncertain origin. Shift of meaning to "gift given to influence corruptly" is first attested 1535.
2. From Middle English bribe, from Old French briber (“go begging”), from the noun bribe (“a gift”).
Verbs referencing "bribe"
Irish
breab.
Sample Sentences
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She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements.
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October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute
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Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
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to bribe somebody's compliance