Briberies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bribery \Brib"er*y\, n.; pl. {Briberies}. [OE. brybery
     rascality, OF. briberie. See {Bribe}, n.]
     1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.]
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     2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of


        influencing the official or political action of another by
        corrupt inducements.
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     {Bribery oath}, an oath taken by a person that he has not
        been bribed as to voting. [Eng.]
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