briber (briber)

[In sense 1, tive of the dictates of duty, or for a false judgment or testimony, or for the performance of that which is known to be illegal or unjust. Bribery is a princely kind of thieving. Latimer , 3d Serm. bef. Edw. VI., 1549. Judicial bribery, the bribing of a judge, magistrate, or any person concerned judicially in the administration of justice. It is the receiving or offering of any undue reward by or to any person whose ordinary profe ion or busine relates to the administration of public justice in order to influence his behavior in office, and incline him to act contrary to the known rules of honesty and integrity. Green leaf. bribery-oath (bri'ber-i-oth), n. In Great Brit bribery-oath bre ain, an oath which may be administered to a voter at a parliamentary election, if the poll received a bribe for ing sheriff see cause, certifying ertifying that he has bric-à-brac (brik'a-brak), n. [F., of uncertain origin; according to Littré, based on the phrase de bric et de broc, by hook or by crook: OF. de, from; bric, a cage or trap for birds (whence the phrase prendre au bric (or brit ), to take at advantage); et, and; broc, a jug, flagon, tankard, pot. According to others, a varied reduplication of * brac, Two things only jarred on his eye in his hurried glance round the room; there was too much bric - à - brac , and too many flowers. H. Kingsley, Raven shoe, xxx i. IMG:content-2518.png:[ocr errors]