Bribable

  

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Bribable

Definition: Bribable

Bribable

Adjective

1. Capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bribable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1877. (references)


Synonyms: Bribable

Synonyms: corruptible (adj), dishonest (adj), purchasable (adj), venal (adj). (additional references)

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Usage Frequency: Bribable

"Bribable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bribable" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Bribable

Language Translations for "bribable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

që shitet (off-the-shelf). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

продажен (corrupt, corruptible, mercenary, purchasable, reptile, salable, saleable, venal), подкупен (bribed, corruptible, purchasable, venal). (various references)

   

Czech

  

úplatný (corrupt, corruptible, venal). (various references)

   

German

  

bestechlich (corrupt, corruptible, corruptibly, corruptly, venal), käuflich (buyable, for sale, mercenarily, mercenary, purchasable, venal, venally). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δωροδοκήσιμοσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שחי" (corrupt, venal). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megvesztegethetõ (corrupt, corruptible, venal). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ibablebray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

subornável. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

coruptibil (corruptible, open to bribery). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

подкупной. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

podmitljiv (corrupt, corrupted, corruptible, mercenary, venal). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

mutbar (purchasable, venal). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

satın alınabilir (affordable, purchasable), rüşvet verilebilir. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

có thể mua chuộc, có thể hối lộ, có thể đút lót. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Bribable

Misspellings

"Bribable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bribdale, grabbable. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bribable"

Words rhyming with "bribable" (pronounced 'Brib"a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Bribable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-b-b-e-i-l-r"

-1 letter: babbler, blabber, brabble.

-2 letters: babble, bailer, barbel, bibber, libber, librae, rabble.

-3 letters: abler, ariel, babel, baler, barbe, bible, birle, blare, blear, brail, bribe, liber, libra, rabbi.

-4 letters: abbe, able, abri, aril, babe, bail, bale, barb, bare, bear, bibb, bier, bile, birl, blab, blae, bleb, brae, brie, earl, ilea, lair, lari, lear, liar, lier, lira.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-b-b-e-i-l-r"
 

+2 letters: blabbering.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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