Sentence examples for secure bribes from inspiring English sources

For the 10th and 11th five-year plans, the government aimed at 7-7.5% growth, but this was treated as a floor rather than a ceiling by overzealous local officials, who see GDP as a key measurement to compete with rival regions, get promoted and secure bribes.

He was one of 29 officials and businessmen convicted of securing bribes for municipal contracts, including businessman Francisco Correa, who was sentenced to 51 years in prison.

The contract, wildly favorable to B.S.G.R. at the expense of Guinea, was allegedly secured through bribes.

If BAE is getting public money to help it win contracts which it then secures with bribes, doesn't this make it corporate benefit fraud?

Because these elites and constituencies do not have any core values other than self-serving instincts, their loyalty and support are fickle and must be secured by constant bribes in the form of special privileges.

Only part of Fallujah is under IS control — huge sections of the city are battle zones, and Iraqi families report paying up to $1,500 in bribes to secure safe passage out of the city. .

Police say any suspects they manage to arrest simply pay bribes to secure their release.

Italian prosecutors say it paid bribes to secure a $750m contract in India.

(Gratian or, more likely, his supporters allegedly had used bribes to secure his election).

The German engineering group is reeling from allegations that it paid bribes to secure contracts.

India is also investigating allegations that it paid bribes to secure government contracts.