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the bribes
verb
To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something, usually against his/her will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
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The middleman negotiates the bribes.
But somebody is paying the bribes.
And what about the bribes?
Well, not the bribes themselves.
Mr. Bourke denied knowing about the bribes.
That was where the bribes were made, investigators said.
"The bribes we pay now keep growing," he said.
The "bribes" would be paid into a government bank account.
The statement did not say who paid the bribes; Ms. Wang said Mr. Wang took the bribes while in Chongqing.
Officials say they doubt the students knew about the bribes.
But in Liu's case, the bribes cited were strikingly larger.
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