Reverse Dictionary: BRIBE

ADJECTIVES
1561 ► WAGED bribed → obs.
1609 ► VENDIBLE able to be bribed → obs.
1613 ► MONEY-SPELLED ensnared, as if spellbound, by bribery or the lure of money → obs.
1670 ► VENAL capable of being bribed; of an unprincipled and hireling character 
19C.. ► PALMED used of one who has been bribed → sl.
1872 ► EASY seeking or willing to accept bribes → US criminals’ sl.
1898 ► BOODLEISTIC addicted to bribery and corruption  → sl.
20C.. ► APPROACHABLE pert. to a person who will take bribes → sl.
1930 ► ON THE TAKE taking bribes → sl., orig. US
1940 ► ON THE PAD accepting bribes or paying bribes → US criminals’ sl.
1964 ► LINKED bribed → US sl.
1973 ► ON protected from police action by bribes → US sl.
1974 ► BAGGED having been made amenable by a bribe → criminals’ sl.
1996 ► ON A PENSION having been bribed; said of a policeman → Brit. sl.
2006 ► FIXED bribed → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1362 ► HANDY-DANDY a covert bribe or present; something held or offered in the closed hand → obs.
1548 ► SILVER SICKNESS when an advocate or pleading lawyer, who is being bribed by the other party, feigns himself sick, or not able to speak → obs.
1549 ► FEE a bribe → obs.
L16.. ► ANGEL’S OIL money used for bribery → sl.
L16.. ► OIL OF ANGELS money used for bribery → sl.
L16.. ► UNGUENTUM AUREUM a bribe 
1627 ► PALM SOAP money given as a bribe, a tip → humorous usage
1627 ► PALM-OIL money given as a bribe, a tip → humorous usage
1627 ► OIL OF PALM(S)  money given as a bribe, a tip → humorous usage
1670 ► SWEETBREAD a bribe → colloq., obs.
1683 ► VENALITY ability to be bribed; readiness to give support or favour in return for profit or reward 
1687 ► VAIL a gift or present in the nature of a bribe 
1698 ► JUICE a bribe → UK sl.
L17.. ► DUSTOOR → DUSTOORIE a bribe, a sweetener, a commission → Anglo-Indian
18C.. ► DAUB → DAWB a bribe → sl.
1706 ► SILVER SQUINSY when an advocate or pleading lawyer, who is being bribed by the other party, feigns himself sick, or not able to speak → obs.
1709 ► HUSH MONEY a bribe paid to obtain silence → UK
1739 ► DOUCEUR money given as a bribe, gratuity, or compensation 
L18.. ► DASH bribery; the money paid as a bribe → sl.
19C.. ► A DAB IN THE FIST a bribe; a gratuity → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► A DAB IN THE HAND a bribe; a gratuity → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► RADDLINGS money spent in bribery; the act of bribing → Eng. dial.
1828 ► PALMISTRY bribery 
1839 ► CUMSHAW a bonus, referring to a bribe rather than a reward or present 
1847 ► SWEETENER a bribe → sl.
1860 ► SOAP money used in bribery → US sl.
1865 ► GRAFT bribery used to secure illicit political advantage → sl., orig. US
1874 ► SLUSH FUND a reserve fund for political bribery → sl., orig. US
1883 ► BOODLE a bribe → sl., orig. US
1886 ► PALM-GREASING petty bribery, tipping → humorous usage
1887 ► BOODLERISM bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → sl.
1887 ► BOODLERY bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → sl.
1888 ► TAKE bribery, money acquired by theft or fraud → sl., orig. US
1890 ► BOODLING bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → sl.
1891 ► AXLE GREASE money used for purposes of bribery → Amer. sl.
1893 ► FALL MONEY funds saved by criminals to bribe officials, pay lawyers, and secure cash bail → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1894 ► BOODLEISM bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → sl.
1897 ► PALM-GREASE money given as a bribe → humorous usage
1898 ► CAT’S-MEAT a bribe’ a present intended as a bribe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► RAKE-OFF money obtained as a bribe → US sl.
L19.. ► BACK OF THE HAND DOWN bribery → sl.
L19.. ► PALM a bribe → US sl.
1900 ► A DAUB OF THE HAND a bribe; a greasing of the palm → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► OIL bribe money; a bribe → Amer. sl.
1904 ► POULTICE money used as a bribe → Aust. sl.
1910 ► BACK-HANDER a bribe, a payoff for services rendered → sl.
1910 ► FALL DOUGH money set aside by a criminal for bribing policemen or obtaining bail if he is arrested → US criminals’ sl.
1910 ► SALVE a bribe → US sl.
1920 ► ONCE A WEEK a regular (weekly) bribe paid to a local official or law officer → US criminals’ sl.
1925 ► OILSKIN a bribe → US sl.
1929 ► NUT a share of a bribe or pay-off accruing from an enterprise → US sl.
1930 ► DROP money given as a bribe; the act of so giving money → sl.
1930 ► DROPSY money paid as a bribe → sl.
1930 ► PAY-OFF a bribe → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1938 ► PAYOLA a bribe or other secret payment to induce someone to use their influence to promote a commercial product, esp. one made to a disc jockey for plugging a record → sl., orig. US
1940 ► END that proportion of one’s illicit gains that is used to bribe the police → sl.
1940 ► GREASE JOB a bribe → US sl.
1940 ► PAD an establishment that pays bribes to the local police → US criminals’ sl.
1940 ► PAD the regular bribes paid to members of a US police department → US criminals’ sl.
1946 ► SQUEEZE-PIDGIN a bribe → sl.
1948 ► ICE bribes, protection money, extortion → US sl.
1948 ► SLING → SLING BACK a bribe → Aust. sl.
1950 ► LURKOLA the practice of bribing, with cash or kind, those with access to the public to tout a product; it is ostensibly illegal and generally denied by its practitioners → Aust. sl.
1953 ► KICK a bribe → US sl.
1958 ► BUNG a bribe → Brit. sl.
1960 ► EARNER a bribe, often paid as regularly as more legitimate wages → UK police sl.
1961 ► SCHMEAR → SCHMEER → SCHMERE → SHMEAR → SHMEER → SHMIR a bribe → Amer. sl.
1970 ► DOG FOOD bribes for police, judges, etc. → US sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► GREASE-HAND a bribe → W. Indies sl.
1970 ► GREASE-PALM a bribe → W. Indies sl.
1970 ► JUICE protection from police through bribery or other arrangement → US sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► SOAP a bribe → US sl.
1974 ► PROTECTION → PROTECTION MONEY bribe money paid to the police, an individual policeman, or politicians, for allowing illegal activities to continue without interference, any money paid to protect the payer without arrest → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► MITTEN MONEY extra money in the form of a bribe → US sl.
1981 ► JUICE MONEY a bribe → US sl.
2003 ► SMALLS a small amount of money as a bribe → Jamaica sl.
2006 ► FIX a bribe → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
M16. ► MUNCH-PRESENT a person who takes bribes → sl.
1616 ► MONEY-TAKER a person who takes bribes → obs.
1679 ► DARK LANTERN → DARK LANTHORN a servant or agent who takes and transmits a bribe offered to his master → sl.
M18. ► DARK GLIM a servant or agent who takes and transmits a bribe offered to his master → UK criminals’ sl.
1894 ► BOODLER a person who practices bribery and corruption → sl.
1920 ► BURGLAR a bribe-taker; a swindler → US sl.
1933 ► HINDU a person who cannot be bribed → US criminals’ sl.
1933 ► UNTOUCHABLE a person or politician insusceptible of bribery → US criminals’ sl.
1940 ► ACCOMMODATOR a person who bribes witnesses and prosecutors into bringing about a desired verdict, esp. a former police officer → criminals’ sl. obs.
1952 ► BAGMAN a messenger or a go-between who conveys a bribe from the one who offers it to the one who accepts → sl., orig. US
1955 ► TAKE-ARTIST a person who regularly gains income from the taking of bribes, illicit commissions, etc. → US sl.
1960 ► ASKER a corrupt policeman who demands large bribes → sl.
1960 ► BAG WOMAN a woman who organizes bribes for the police, civil authorities, etc. → orig. & chiefly US
1960 ► ICEMAN a person who is given bribes by gangsters, etc., as a corrupt policeman → sl.
1973 ► SNEAKER a person engaged in an illegal enterprise who does not pay a regular bribe to the police but does when confronted → US sl.

PHRASES
1921 ► IN THE BAG made amenable by bribery → Amer. criminals’ sl.

VERBS
1375 ► FEE to bribe → obs.
1387 ► CORRUMP to corrupt by bribery → obs.
1461 ► WAGE to bribe → obs.
1567 ► FEED WITH MONEY to bribe → obs.
1641 ► PALTER to bribe; to barter; to corrupt → obs.
1652 ► OIL THE FIST to bribe 
1652 ► OIL THE HAND to bribe 
1652 ► OIL THE PALM to bribe → sl.
1661 ► OVER-MONEY to bribe; to win by means of a bribe → obs.
1690 ► DAUB → DAWB to bribe → sl.
L17.. ► GREASE SOMEONE’S FIST to bribe → sl.
L17.. ► GREASE SOMEONE’S MITT to bribe → sl.
1747 ► PALM to bribe; to pass over money as a bribe 
1785 ► GLACK ONE’S MITTEN to bribe one → Sc.
1790 ► FIX to influence by illegal means, esp. bribery → sl., orig. US
E19.. ► SHIRK THE ROUNDBOTTOM to avoid a criminal charge through bribery → UK criminals’ sl.
E19.. ► TAKE THE TIP to accept a bribe → sl.
1807 ► GREASE THE HAND OF to bribe, to influence by giving money to → sl.
1807 ► GREASE THE PALM OF to bribe, to influence by giving money to ׇ→ sl.
1857 ► CHALK THE LAMPPOST to pay a bribe → US sl.
1859 ► SQUARE to conciliate by bribery → sl.
1870 ► OIL THE KNOCKER to bribe a doorman → Brit. sl.
1883 ► BOODLEIZE to bribe → US sl. obs.
1890 ► BOODLE to bribe; to give or take bribes → sl., orig. US
1890 ► PAINT to bribe → US sl.
1894 ► OIL UP to bribe → Amer. sl.
1896 ► SALT to bribe → Eng. dial.
L19.. ► FAKE to knowingly accept a bribe → sl.
L19.. ► GREASE SOMEONE’S DUKE to give a bribe → sl.
L19.. ► PALM-OIL to bribe; to pay off → sl.
20C.. ► SALVE to bribe; to pay, usually a reward → US sl.
20C.. ► SOAP to bribe → US & Can. sl.
1906 ► REACH to bribe → US sl.
1907 ► SLING to pay a bribe → 1907 Aust. sl.
1910 ► BUY SOMEONE A HAT to bribe someone → US euphemism
1910 ► COP A DROP to accept a bribe; said of police → UK criminals’ sl.
1913 ► HORSESHED to bribe; to try to influence another’s opinion → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1920 ► OIL to pay bribery money; to fix the police or other public officials → US sl.
1920 ► TAKE → TAKE IT  to accept a bribe → US criminals’ sl.
1920 ► TAKE CARE OF to bribe; to exert (political) pressure on → sl.
1927 ► GET TO to bribe → US sl.
1928 ► LUBRICATE to bribe → sl.
1930 ► ICE to pay bribes, to pay protection money → US sl.
1933 ► HAVE ONE’S HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR to take or attempt to take advantage of one’s position by demanding or accepting bribes or favours → colloq.
1942 ► GO IN THE BAG to accept a bribe → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1945 ► SCHMEAR → SCHMEER → SCHMERE →  SHMEAR → SHMEER → SHMIR to bribe → Amer. sl.
1948 ► BAG to bribe someone; to arrange an outcome → US sl.
1950 ► BUNG to bribe → sl.
1950 ► EARN to take bribes; said of a policeman → UK criminals’ sl.
1950 ► LUBE to bribe; to tip → sl.
1953 ► JUICE to bribe, to pay for influence → US sl.
1960 ► BACK-HAND to give a bribe → sl.
1970 ► COME to yield to bribery or persuasion → UK sl.
1970 ► COP to receive bribes, esp. of a policeman → UK criminals’ sl.