资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bribery \Brib"er*y\, n.; pl. {Briberies}. [OE. brybery
   rascality, OF. briberie. See {Bribe}, n.]
   1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.]

   2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of
      influencing the official or political action of another by
      corrupt inducements.

   {Bribery oath}, an oath taken by a person that he has not
      been bribed as to voting. [Eng.]