Bribe

從古到今，貪官不絕。高官本已有名有利，還要以權謀私，收受賄款（accept bribes），小心「貪」字得個「貧」，又要坐牢。

Bribe和bribery都是名詞，但bribe解「賄款或行賄物」，bribery則是指「賄賂」這行為。

Bribe要配搭動詞offer或give指「行賄」；accept或take指「收受賄款」。Bribery一字則可以解「行賄」或「受賄」。例句：The government official was charged with taking bribes.（那政府官員被控受賄。）；The judge was arrested on bribery charges.（那法官涉嫌受賄被逮捕。）

Bribe亦可以用作動詞，限解「行賄、收買」。例如：They tried to bribe the witness into silence.（他們試圖收買證人，令他保持緘默。）要解「受賄」，須用被動語態：The witness was bribed into silence.