BRIBE

Bribe. Bribe
None to be taken; “for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous” (Ex. 23:8, literally rendered).

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bribe. Bribe, n. a gift to pervert the judgement, &c.

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Bribe (�), n. [[F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar), LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi food.]] 1. 1. A gift begged; a present. Chaucer.
2. 2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. Hobart. 3. 3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these ever�blooming sweets. Akenside.