Sentence examples for use of bribes from inspiring English sources

Some argue that the state has just altered the way in which it rules its citizens; it makes more use of bribes and incentives, threats to withdraw benefits, and moral exhortation.

As Mexico gained popularity as a drug route, the strength of its criminal organizations grew, especially that of the Sinaloa cartel, which benefited from Guzmán's innovative methods of smuggling, notably through tunnels, and his extensive use of bribes.

He seems to have composed Jonathan Wild in the spring and summer of 1742, just after completing Joseph Andrews and immediately following the resignation of Robert Walpole in February of that year - Walpole being the prime minister whose lavish use of bribes and patronage, and whose engineering of plots and cabals, rendered him the epitome of political corruption in the period.

In addition to stepping up their propaganda campaign and increasing the use of bribes to convince tribes to submit, the French established markets at their military outposts and paid Moroccans to undertake public works.

Don't over-do the use of "bribe foods" on top of raw to get your cat eating the raw food.

The United States Chamber of Commerce has pushed to amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to provide greater clarity about its scope and application by, among other things, seeking definitions of "foreign official" and what it means to obtain business by use of a bribe.

Then Mr. Wilson backtracks half a century, introducing a member of the Nazi SS, Klaus Felsen, who goes to Lisbon in 1941 and uses a combination of bribes and murders to purchase wolfram, a rare metal desperately needed by the Nazi war machine, and smuggle it to Germany.

It is claimed that senior managers at GSK funnelled money through travel agencies for "conference services", with cash then kicked back to the managers and some of it used for bribes.

A3 Oil Bribery Investigation Swiss and American officials blocked Kazakhstan from access to bank accounts holding about $100 million that Western oil companies are suspected of using to bribe senior Kazakh officials, according to officials with knowledge of the action.

Instead, they turned to a notorious CIA officer, Edward Lansdale, who proceeded to use a dexterous combination of bribes and violence to install a new government in Saigon, headed by the Catholic politician Ngo Dinh Diem.

The recording purports to be an intercepted telephone call between a senior Maoist leader, Krishna Mahara, and an unknown man, Chinese from his accent; the two are discussing the use of $6.75m to bribe members of parliament to elect a Maoist prime minister.A great deal about this story is murky.