Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bribery

Bribery ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Old English brybery rascality, Old French briberie. See Bribe, n.]

1.
Robbery; extortion. [Obsolete]
2.
The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
Collocations (1)
Bribery oath , an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [English]