Synonyms of the word

bribery

• n. the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their…
• n. (law) the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes.

felony

• n. (US, law) A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term…

graft

• n. (countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support…
• n. (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
• n. (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
• v. (transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another…
• v. (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic…
• v. (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small…
• v. (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice…
• v. (chemistry) To form a graft polymer.
• n. Alternative form of graff (“canal”).
• n. The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
• n. A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
• n. (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
• n. (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
• n. (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.
• n. (countable) A con job.
• n. (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
• n. (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
• n. (Britain) (uncountable, colloquial) Work; labor.
• n. (Britain) (countable, colloquial) A job or trade.
• n. (Britain) (uncountable, colloquial) Effort needed for doing hard work.
• v. To work.
• v. To obtain illegal gain from bribery of similar corrupt practices.