ˈbribe-ˌtaker
One who takes bribes.
| 1549 Latimer Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 88 This is the noble thefte of princes, and of magistrates. Thei are bribe-takers. 1585 Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 35 He neither was a bribe-taker, nor an extortioner. 1626 Raleigh's Ghost in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 539 Gondomar..one of the four bribe-takers for the profane privileges. |
So bribe-taking vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1549 Latimer Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 130, I wold the Iudges woulde take forth theyr lesson, that there myghte be no more iniquitye vsed, nor brybe-takynge. 1880 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 221 The only people who throve were rowdies and bribe-taking judges. |