Sentence examples for expected a bribe from inspiring English sources

A bar-owner says that when setting up a venue last year, Mumbai officials expected a bribe equal to the cost of each licence they issued.

Traffic police, for instance, routinely stop drivers for spurious reasons, expecting a bribe in return for letting them proceed.

In the UK only five people out of 1,115 - less than 1% - said they had been expected to pay a bribe.

If you want a building permit, you expect to pay a bribe.

A former member of the security committee said: …we were expected to bribe them so that they would tell us when the military would come and do bombing…so each day we were told to provide them with one bull [for slaughter]…we lost many livestock also because of these daily bribes.20.20

As a result, you can expect a significant amount of under-the-table dealings including bribes and nepotism to obtain these jobs.

No Longer at Ease, set in 1950s Nigeria and published in 1960, takes up the story of Okonkwo's grandson, an idealistic young Nigerian civil servant who returns home after studying in England, finds his salary inadequate for his expected lifestyle, and takes a bribe.

Alcatel-Lucent A $137 million settlement is expected for bribing officials in Costa Rica, Kenya and Taiwan.

You can barely visit, let alone try to do business there, without at some point realising a bribe is expected.

The archbishop has offered Henry a big church subsidy for a prospective French war, essentially a bribe, and expects Henry to scuttle the tax bill in return.

This would inject fear into the hearts of politicians and officials who expected bribes.