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.