Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
bribery
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics
Read Next
Steve Buscemi in 'Boardwalk Empire"; from Season 1, 2010 (mobsters, gangsters, Atlantic City).
Behind the Scenes: 9 Infamous Mobsters of the Real Boardwalk Empire
Discover
Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere
Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?
Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding
7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar
Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
Gutzon Borglum. Presidents. Sculpture. National park. George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Theodore Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.
9 Memorials and Monuments in the United States
Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg
Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game
Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.
7 Deadliest Weapons in History
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

bribery: Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/bribery
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

News •

Coinbase Hackers Used Bribery in Scheme to Access Customer Data • May 16, 2025, 11:46 PM ET (Bloomberg.com)
The Story of Sexual Abuse, Bribery and Suicide That Shocked a Small Town • May 15, 2025, 3:15 AM ET (New York Times)
New town Cranbrook at centre of £2m fraud scam • May 2, 2025, 3:47 AM ET (BBC)

Related Topics and References

Topics

Key People

Sen. Bob Menendez
Bob Menendez
United States senator
Gaius Verres
Roman magistrate
Tanaka Kakuei
prime minister of Japan
Michele Sindona
Italian financier
Robert L. Vesco
American financier
Arnold Rothstein
American criminal
Craggs, detail of a portrait attributed to Johann Baptist Closterman, 1710; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
James Craggs
British politician
Roy Lee Williams
American union leader
Albert Bacon Fall
Albert Bacon Fall
United States secretary of the interior