The phrase "aggressive bribery" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a form of bribery that is forceful or coercive in nature.
Example: "The investigation revealed a pattern of aggressive bribery among the officials, leading to widespread corruption."
Alternatives: "coercive bribery" or "forceful bribery".
Two emails sent in January and May last year talk of "aggressive sales tactics", "bribery" and wrongful payments made to thousands of doctors.
The U.S. Justice Department has become much more aggressive investigating such bribery cases while oil companies are scavenging the world for reserves, often ending up in the most unruly and corrupt places.
But the Olympus scandal is unusual because it follows an era of aggressive government crackdown on bribery and suspicious business deals, said J. Mark Ramseyer, a professor of Japanese legal studies at Harvard Law School.
The clothing retailer Ralph Lauren has agreed to pay about $1.6 million to resolve charges that it made illegal payments and gifts to foreign officials, including perfume, dresses and handbags, in the latest case highlighting the government's aggressive crackdown on overseas bribery by American companies.
Iraq, which was ranked among the world's most corrupt nations in a survey released yesterday, is likely to see rampant corruption in its oil industry and reconstruction efforts unless the United States, Britain and other powerful nations take aggressive steps to combat bribery and theft of public money, an international watchdog group warned.
The whistleblower's email alleges that the firm's aggressive marketing strategies "constitute bribery in the vast majority of cases".
The Obama administration has placed a renewed focus on corporate bribery overseas, taking an increasingly aggressive approach as problems mounted.
This shows how aggressive federal prosecutors have become in pursuing foreign bribery cases by using two laws originally intended to focus on organized crime.
A New York Times article on Sunday reported that Wal-Mart executives learned in 2005 of charges of "widespread bribery" of government officials in Mexico to ease the company's aggressive expansion into that country.
THE AGE OF OVERSEAS BRIBERY If there is one area that epitomizes the Justice Department's aggressive approach toward global companies, it is its enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
