| Change log entry 66020 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2018-07-25 05:36:02 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 62401 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> "bribery" is inappropriate. Bribery is defined as "the giving or offering of a bribe" at the Oxford Dictionaries website. Encarta and Wiktionary have a similar definitions*. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bribery https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bribery 受贿, on the other hand, refers only to *receiving* bribes, not offering or giving them. ---------------------- * Wiktionary also has a technical, legal 2nd sense that says accepting bribes can be called bribery, but that's not the everyday usage of the word, I believe. -------------------------------------------- Editor: K ~ accept bribes, take bribes, get bribed GR ~ Recevoir des pots-de-vin; se laisser corrompre. |
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- 受賄 受贿 [shou4 hui4] /to accept a bribe/bribery/ + 受賄 受贿 [shou4 hui4] /to accept a bribe/ - 受賄案 受贿案 [shou4 hui4 an4] /bribery case/ |