賄賂わいろ (wairo)

bribe; payoff

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Meaning

賄賂 (わいろ, wairo) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “bribe; payoff”.

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Example sentences 12

かれ賄賂わいろを 受けうけとったらしい

Apparently, he took a bribe.

彼は自分の意思に反して 賄賂わいろを受け取ってしまった。

He was forced to accept a bribe. (literally: He received a bribe against his will.)

昨年1年間に両者の間で5回にわたって賄賂の授受があったことが明らかになった。

It became evident that one party paid the other bribes five times during the past year.

賄賂わいろわたされたのだ。

There was some monkey business going on when they were negotiating that last contract; money passed under the table.