Sentence examples for could bribe from inspiring English sources

Government could bribe the enforcement officers.

"I was so angry with him for thinking he could bribe me," Reid said, explaining his theatrical outburst.

You could bribe her, if you carried meat in your glove compartment, but bribery, too, raises moral questions.

He makes 200 rupees ($3.15) a day as a ragpicker and wishes he could bribe his way to a card showing he is below the poverty line.

After a whistle-blower disclosed in 1998 that cities could bribe their way to hosting the games, it sought to reform itself, but only up to a point.

You could bribe them by offering to buy the tickets – but movie-going is expensive enough as it is, and you don't want to set a precedent.

Those who could not bribe their way out of jail languished there.

"I couldn't bribe people to come to New York," she said.

And where it could not bribe it bullied, using soldiers paid for by Indian taxes to duff up recalcitrant rulers.

It bought the silence of many who spoke out after the Gulf war, and bullied those it could not bribe.

And, many years ago, when we passed a law that said we couldn't bribe foreign countries in return for doing business, everybody said "Oh, this will make it an uneven playing field.