verb

dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one’s favour by a gift of money or other inducement.

they attempted to bribe opponents into losing

buy off,pay off,suborn,give an inducement to,corrupt,grease someone’s palm,give someone a backhander,give someone a sweetener,keep someone sweet,get at,fix,square,nobble

noun

a sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone.

lawmakers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalized gambling

inducement,incentive,payola,backhander,pay-off,kickback,sweetener,carrot,bung,dropsy,plugola,schmear,sling,douceur,drop