1. And poor, third-place ABC has resorted to outright bribery. 2. Other considerations, such as the avid advocacy of some business executives, muddied his motives so that a charge of outright bribery cannot be brought. 3. Sometimes outright bribery does occur, but the point of reform is to change a system that is corrupted legally. 4. The abuses have moved campaign fund-raising close to outright extortion and political giving close to outright bribery. 5. According to Ladia, who earlier headed theSICD, instances of outright bribery within the department are a fact of life. |