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Plural of bribe

regular plural

The plural of bribe is bribes.

Forms of bribe

Singularbribe /bɹaɪb/
Pluralbribes /bɹaɪbz/
Countablecountable

Bribes in a sentence

  • The bribes I took did not influence me to become evil.2024 June 17, @InternetHippo, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024
  • Our whole marriage has been nothing but a series of bribes!1974, George Fox, Mario Puzo, Earthquake
  • The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.From the entry throw
  • In South Africa such requests are so common that bribes for driving offences are known as “cold drink money”.2023 April 20, “How to ask for a bribe without asking for a bribe”, in The Economist. From the entry cold drink money
  • And if some guy is dipping into the funds or taking bribes or slowballing things, those people should be exposed.2010, J. DAVID BUTLER, THE WATER BALL: A story of faith and enduring love, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry slowball

Meaning of bribe

  1. noun Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
  2. noun The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
  3. noun That which seduces; seduction; allurement.

Full definition of bribe

Questions about the plural of bribe

What is the plural of bribe?
The plural of bribe is bribes.
Is bribe countable?
Bribe is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bribe (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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