(n.) The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
Example Sentences:
(1) No evidence has been produced that she was personally involved in the bribery, but some are wondering whether the Petrobras scandal might turn into a Watergate for her.
(2) Secrecy was encouraged and bribery, threats, and peer pressure used to induce participation in sexual activities.
(3) Special prosecutors investigating Park’s relationship with her longtime confidante , Choi Soon-sil, had demanded Lee’s arrest on charges of bribery, embezzlement and perjury.
(4) Britain's Serious Fraud Office has launched a formal criminal investigation into GlaxoSmithKline's sales practices, piling further pressure on the drugmaker which is already being investigated by Chinese authorities and elsewhere amid allegations of bribery.
(5) In 1998 the Law Commission recommended general reform of the bribery laws, but a draft bill in 2003 failed to win broad support in pre-legislative scrutiny.
(6) The verdicts came as GSK finds itself the target of a separate corruption investigation in China after a whistleblower raised allegations of widespread bribery.
(7) Vince Cable, the business secretary, who was savagely critical of BAE over bribery allegations whilst in opposition in 2010 , said: "It is a very, very important decision and has major implications for the country, both in terms of employment and national security.
(8) • In Nigeria , Rolls-Royce failed to prevent bribery in relation to two contracts for which it was bidding.
(9) He said there was no legal guidance given to reporters on the matter until the Bribery Act came out in 2010.
(10) The judicial screws are tightening on Rupert Murdoch's empire in America as the US justice department prepares to subpoena News Corporation in its investigation into whether the company broke anti-bribery and hacking laws on both sides of the Atlantic.
(11) This is some "Englishman's castle", merely the direct result of half a century of political bribery .
(12) It starts with bribery or intimidation of officials, then there's threats and violence against those people.
(13) In its report, the FCA said: "Given our strong regulatory focus and previous publications on anti-money laundering and anti-bribery and corruption we expected firms to have taken more action.
(14) TeliaSonera, also under investigation in the United States and the Netherlands, denies allegations of bribery and money-laundering, but has acknowledged that “the processes for conducting some transactions have not been in line with sound business practices”.
(15) The company is potentially liable under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which bans US-based companies from profiting from bribery and corruption in other countries.
(16) Anti-corruption campaigners have criticised the SFO for letting BAE plead guilty to minor offences and a small penalty to end years of bribery investigations.
(17) A jury has convicted former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen of corruption, fraud and bribery, after the couple accepted more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from a businessman.
(18) The Liberal Democrats, the only major political party not implicated in charges of collusion with past bribery on arms deals, last night joined anti-corruption campaigners in welcoming the findings: David Howarth, their justice spokesman, said "This is a devastating report."
(19) Several Congress members have called for the company to be held accountable under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a federal law that punishes firms based in the US that engage in bribery abroad.
(20) Therefore, we still have to wait and see if this is a real case or not.” Earlier this year, in a response straight from the Blatter playbook, he also led the charge against “racist” media allegations of bribery against the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid.“We will face all these racist attempts and attacks and will stand with Qatar,” he declared.
Fraudulent
Definition:
(a.) Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.
(a.) Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; as, a fraudulent bargain.
(a.) Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest.
Example Sentences:
(1) YouTube has always audited videos in an effort to try to spot inflated counts, but the company is now stepping up its efforts according to Pfeiffenberger: "While in the past we would scan views for spam immediately after they occurred, starting today we will periodically validate the video’s view count, removing fraudulent views as new evidence comes to light.
(2) The Guardian recently revealed that the Danish government had been forced, on the eve of the Copenhagen summit , to rush through an emergency law making it impossible for criminal gangs to reclaim huge amounts of VAT on fraudulent trades they were making on Europe's various carbon exchanges.
(3) If a contactless card is used fraudulently, consumers are fully protected against any losses and will not be left out of pocket, the association has said.
(4) Like his wind turbine though, discreetly taken down some months later, many people are now concluding that Cameron's promise to lead the " greenest government ever " was little more than a fraudulent gimmick, a PR stunt from a man schooled in the PR industry.
(5) Belgium may seek compensation over the €4.5m (£3.2m) spent on its unsuccessful 2018 World Cup bid if Fifa’s decision to award the finals to Russia is found to be fraudulent.
(6) "What we do is we take them to court when they are fraudulently claiming the wrong benefits.
(7) The company said there was evidence that the information had been used for fraudulent transactions.
(8) The Trading Standards Institute has said the discovery of such high levels of horse meat suggests "deliberate fraudulent activity".
(9) A corrupt group of officials expropriated his fund, Hermitage Capital, and used it to make a fraudulent tax claim.
(10) "I have been, and still am, pained by what I and my family are facing from fraudulent campaigns and unfounded allegations that seek to harm my reputation, my integrity and my military and political record."
(11) Part of the growth is coming as fraudsters are moving away from a small number of hot spot locations to a much wider footprint.” In the past the north-west – particularly Manchester – had been the focal point for the fraudulent claims but partly as a result of the number of successful prosecutions there, fraudsters have now moved on.
(12) The dire performance of a £3bn contract to upgrade NHS computer systems had been "fraudulently concealed" from investors in American IT contractor Computer Sciences Corporation for years, according to a class action claim being brought by angry shareholders.
(13) Maduro narrowly won elections in April over Capriles, who claims the victory was fraudulent.
(14) Because supply chains are so long and processors use subcontractors to supply meat when the volume of orders changes dramatically at short notice, it is all too easy for mislabelled, poorer quality, or downright fraudulent meat to be substituted for what is specified in big abattoirs and processing plants.
(15) Academic misconduct entails fraudulent behavior involving some form of deception whereby one's work or the work of others is misrepresented.
(16) Fraudulent articles and errors lead, at best, to misunderstandings and, at worst, to dire consequences in the treatment of patients.
(17) However, it appears that the unit has attracted some individuals who are not completely truthful and have given fraudulent accounts to investigators.
(18) HG, Doncaster, South Yorks It turns out that the account was, after all, fraudulent and EE says that it has now finally contacted you to explain.
(19) Industry sources also suggested to the Observer that gangs operating in Russia and the Baltic states were playing a role in the fraudulent meat trade.
(20) We believe the primary purpose of this was not to steal customer information but was criminal activity to acquire new handsets fraudulently.” Three said it was continuing to work with law enforcement agencies, and as a precaution additional security measures had been placed on customer accounts.