bribe (brīb)
n.1. Money or some other benefit given to a person in power,
especially a public official, in an effort to
cause the person to take a particular action.
2. Something offered to
induce another to do something:
tried to use dessert as a bribe to get the child to cooperate.v. bribed, brib·ing, bribesv.tr.
To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.
v.intr.
To give, offer, or promise bribes.
[Middle English, from Old French, piece of bread given as alms.]
brib′a·ble adj.brib′er n.https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bribed