bribe

1. (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.Examples: "She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements."; "October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience."transitive

2. (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.Examples: "to bribe somebody's compliance"transitive