To bribe or corrupt; to subject someone to bribery or to place one in a position of being bribed.
From 'briber' (one who bribes) with the '-s' suffix added as a verb form, or from the French 'briber' meaning to beg or swindle. The word is archaic or rare in modern usage.
This is a wonderful archaic word showing how people once had so many specific verbs for corruption and crime—'beribers,' 'begrifts,' all describing the elaborate ways money changed hands illicitly.
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