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bribable

bribable adjective: susceptible to bribery.

Adjective

bribable (comparative more bribable, superlative most bribable)

  1. Susceptible to bribery.
    • He liked always, where Lambert Strether was concerned, to know the worst, and what he now seemed to know was not only that he was bribable, but that he had been effectually bribed. The only difficulty was that he couldn't quite have said with what. It was as if he had sold himself, but hadn't...1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC

bribable meaning in Tamil

bribable in Tamil

கைக்கூலி கொடுத்து வசப்படுத்தக்கூடிய, கையுரையால் முடிவு மாற்றக்கூடிய

Forms of bribable

comparativemore bribable
superlativemost bribable

Origin of bribable

From bribe + -able.

Words formed from bribable

Questions about bribable

What does bribable mean?
Bribable means susceptible to bribery.
What is bribable in Tamil?
Bribable in Tamil is கைக்கூலி கொடுத்து வசப்படுத்தக்கூடிய, கையுரையால் முடிவு மாற்றக்கூடிய. See Bribable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bribable?
Bribable is an adjective.

Words near bribable in the dictionary

  1. briarwood
  2. briarwoods
  3. briary
  4. Brias
  5. Briatore
  6. bribable
  7. Bribbaree
  8. bribe
  9. bribeable
  10. bribed
  11. bribee

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