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bribable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English bribe Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bribable From bribe + -able.

Meanings

1. Susceptible to bribery.
   • He liked always, where Lambert Strether was concerned, to know the worst, and what he now seemed to know was not only that he was bribable, but that he had been effectually bribed. The only difficulty was that he couldn't quite have said with what. It was as if he had sold himself, but hadn't somehow got the cash. 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

unbribable

Translations (6)

de bestechlich (susceptible to bribery) · ca subornable (susceptible to bribery) · sv mutbar (susceptible to bribery) · bg подкупен (susceptible to bribery) · es sobornable (susceptible to bribery) · de käuflich (susceptible to bribery)