[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.", "anything given or serving to persuade or induce:The children were given candy as a bribe to be good."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to give or promise a bribe to:They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen.", "to influence or corrupt by a bribe:The judge was too honest to be bribed."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to give a bribe; practice bribery ."]}]