Sentence examples for official bribe from inspiring English sources
If the purpose of the contribution was to influence the port manager to support the consortium's bid — a reasonable inference given the timing of the contribution — then United States prosecutors would likely view the contribution as an official bribe, even if there was no direct evidence that part of the contribution wound up in the pocket of the port official.
The U.S. government not only cited official bribes; it also accused the company of books and records violations in connection with payments to private Russian bank employees.
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether Blackwater officials bribed Iraqi officials so the company could continue to operate in Iraq after the 2007 shooting.
None of it would have worked without the complicity of government officials bribed to look the other way and even provide artifacts, court records show.
Yet we also see customs and police officials bribed, logging and hunting licences forged, and poachers and wildlife traffickers set free due to obstructed prosecutions.
They may have a car – but they have to pay officials bribes to have it registered and to get a licence.
At various points along the way, checkpoints are passed and officials bribed – with Thai border police often playing an integral role.
Earthquakes can bring instant transparency to murky societies, exposing the greedy who put up shoddy buildings or the officials bribed to look the other way.Britain is enduring a political earthquake, its third in as many years.
I immediately thought of the last regime, when court officials bribed mobs to come into the streets and demonstrate in favor of the Shah, and the mobs included prostitutes from the red-light district".
Ever tougher measures won't work: Documents can be forged or stolen, people smuggled, officials bribed.
