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bribery

illicit act of giving or promising money or gifts that alters the behavior of a person in power; illicit act of a person in power deciding based on money or gift received or promised
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bribery

Summary

bribery ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (818 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • bribery is a type of crime[2].
  • bribery is a type of corruption[3].
  • bribery is a type of gift exchange[4].
  • bribery is a type of giving[5].
  • bribery is a type of taking[6].
  • bribery's said to be the same as is recorded as Q19978657[7].
  • bribery's said to be the same as is recorded as bribery[8].
  • bribery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bribery[9].
  • bribery's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • bribery's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • bribery's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • bribery's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • bribery's different from is recorded as Łapówka (Przyszów)[14].
  • bribery's different from is recorded as corruption[15].
  • bribery's uses is recorded as bribe money[16].
  • bribery's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 16.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include crime[2], corruption[3], gift exchange[4], giving[5], and taking[6].

Why It Matters

bribery ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (818 views/month).[1] bribery has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] bribery is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . differencebetween.com. differencebetween.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . differencebetween.com. differencebetween.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . globalgoals.org. Retrieved . globalgoals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator → Target 16.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals
    Said to be the same as → Q19978657, bribery
    Topic's main category → Category:Bribery
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 328, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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