The phrase "ask for bribe" is not correct in standard English; it should be "ask for a bribe." You can use it when discussing unethical or illegal requests for money or favors in exchange for services.
Example: "The official was caught trying to ask for a bribe in exchange for approving the permit."
Alternatives: "request a bribe" or "solicit a bribe."
Police outside the presidential palace openly ask for bribes.
Policemen, clerks and bureaucrats won't ask for bribes.
"If you're running an illegal business, you don't ask for bribes back.
Mr. Karzai also asked that foreigners who give aid to the country tell Afghan officials if government officials or their relatives ask for bribes.
"Usually the police come by the colmado to check I.D.s and ask for bribes once or so a week," said Alberto Perez, who lives in Barrio Nuevo, to Santo Domingo's northeast.
And that if you're in a car, no matter where you are, some of the same things will happen: you'll pick up hitchhikers, you'll get flat tires, you'll get pulled over by cops who will ask for bribes.
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A friend of mine "worked" as a passenger on trucks in east Africa, because if a white person wearing a shirt and tie rode in a truck, then police wouldn't ask for bribes from that truck, and so truckers would pay him for his company.
Distributing the money electronically slashes costs and eliminates several prime opportunities for corruption (i.e., fewer middlemen to siphon off funds or ask for bribes).
Physicians may choose to stop treating them or ask for bribes or gifts.
