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Ahmed
What is the person who takes or accepts a bribe called? A bribee? I don't know if it's true or not, but I guess it is. Maybe it is like payer and payee, offeror and offeree and so forth. Thanks in advance
11. Okt. 2014 13:11
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I never saw the word "bribee" before. If I saw it in print I'd guess the meaning correctly. If I had to describe someone who took bribes I might call that person "corrupt," though that means a person who customarily takes bribes. In a specific case, as Emily says, even if I knew the word "bribee" I wouldn't use it, I'd just use a phrase--like this example from a news story: "authorities didn't question the bribe taker." "Bribee" is the Scrabble dictionary, and it's in an Android app that's supposed to be the Merriam-Webster Third International, but it's not in my trusty American Heritage desk dictionary. So it's a "real word" but it's not a common one.
11. Oktober 2014
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Yes, that is correct, but it is not commonly used, although you may find it in written documents such as a contract of employment. In ordinary speech we would says, 'someone who takes a bribe' - we would never say, 'a bribee'.
11. Oktober 2014
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