Sentence examples for bribed in from inspiring English sources

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He claimed in his testimony to a US judge, made public last week, that he was bribed in return for his vote on the 2010 World Cup.

Allegations have been made that a judge was bribed in a murder case and the European Union's police and justice mission, Eulex, failed to investigate properly.

Mr. Kohl has admitted taking more than $1 million in secret payments, but said he used the money solely for the good of the party and was never bribed in the sense of selling a favor.

An American former Fifa executive cooperating with the FBI on a major corruption inquiry has admitted that he and other members of the all-powerful executive committee were bribed in return for voting for South Africa's bid for the 2010 World Cup.

There are many reasons Rupert Murdoch has avoided any serious consequences from the scandal despite hundreds of British citizens having had their phones hacked, dozens or more being bribed in law enforcement and several dozen more of his employees having been arrested.

There's no evidence of that but if you're talking about a Kenyan athlete they'd be earning as much on the world stage as, say, a Liliya Shobukhova [who claims she was bribed in order for her failed test to be kept silent].

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Accusations of referee-bribing in 1997 have never been thoroughly investigated.

Nevertheless, that big headline with the word "bribe" in it was out there.

*Figure out which tribes to bribe in the mountainous Pashtun regions of Afghanistan.

The man he purports to bribe in the video is a phony government official (actually a car salesman).

"We don't bribe kids in any other way," he says.

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