How to Use bribery in a Sentence

bribery

noun

• They were arrested on charges of bribery.
• Ross pleaded guilty for his role in the bribery scheme and awaits sentencing.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
• The documents pointed to high-level involvement in the bribery scheme.
  — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
• Adams is facing charges of fraud, bribery, and soliciting foreign campaign donations—and that just seems to be for starters.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
• Chan was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison on racketeering conspiracy, bribery, fraud and other charges.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
• Harris and Johnson were indicted Sept. 9 on charges of bribery and tampering with records and one count of insurance fraud.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
• Many of the defendants are charged not only with fraud but with bribery because the government alleges the charities took kickbacks from the food sites in exchange for steering them federal grants.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2022
• The defendants were indicted on charges that included wire fraud, bribery involving federal programs and money laundering.
  — David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2022
• Catch up on what to know about the bribery trial in progress.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• The two men have been linked to a high-profile bribery scandal.
  — Katharina Rosskopf, Bloomberg.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• Grunewald to one count of bribery and Gilbert to one count of making false statements to the FBI.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
• What is the bribery scandal that has rocked the EU and how has Qatar reacted?
  — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
• Adams was charged with bribery and wire fraud in late September.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
• Also in 1999, he was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges.
  — Chloe Melas, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• Combs was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges, and Shyne was found guilty of the club shooting at trial.
  — Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
• He was later cleared of bribery charges in a high-profile trial that same year.
  — Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023
• He has not been sentenced after pleading guilty to one bribery charge a year ago.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
• The rights to the game were subject to byzantine contracts and agreements and machinations and bribery.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• Jones, who worked at the border crossings in San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, was acquitted of a bribery charge.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
• This is the second time in the past six years that Menendez has faced bribery charges, but he was acquitted last time.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
• Netanyahu also faces a litany of corruption charges on bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
  — Paul Goldman, NBC News, 16 July 2023
• The company was sentenced to five years of probation for fraud and bribery.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
• Adams has pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment charging him with bribery and fraud.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
• Wrapping up Tuesday, Moss repeated that the case is not about bribery.
  — Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2023
• In 2017, towing titan Gasper Fiore pleaded guilty to bribery.
  — Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2022
• Ex-Ohio House Speaker on trial in state's largest bribery scandal.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• Combs was acquitted of gun possession and bribery charges, while Shyne was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
• Schindler, for example, was in jail on charges of bribery at the time the eponymous list of workers whose lives would be saved was put together.
  — Emily Tamkin, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• The bribery allegation is the most recent in a growing list of criminal charges that Bankman-Fried faces.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
• The contest will determine the future of the seat long held by former Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted on federal bribery charges earlier this year and resigned from the Senate.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024