bribes-for-business, anti-bribery laws.

Sun Microsystems said it discovered activities in a foreign country that may have violated U.S. anti-bribery laws.



German engineering giant Siemens AG hired New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP more than a year ago to get to the bottom of a bribes-for-business scandal to try to blunt possible U.S. sanctions.

前一陣在找前金後謝的翻譯
bribes-for-business 或許可以作為"前金"的一翻譯


bribe Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents or something else that they want:
He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally.
[+ to infinitive] They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.

bribe Hide phonetics
noun [C]
money or a present that you give to someone so that they will do something for you, usually something dishonest:
He was accused of accepting/taking bribes from wealthy businessmen.

bribery Hide phonetics
noun [U]
The organization was rife with bribery and corruption.


━━ n., v. わいろ（で買収する）; 贈賄する.
bribe one's way into [out of]　賄賂を使って…に入る［から出る］.
brib・a・ble　━━ a. 買収できる.
brib・er　━━ n.
brib・er・y　━━ n. 贈収賄.