Bribery is the act of giving someone money, gifts, or a favour so that they will do something dishonest — often an official who should be fair.

Bribery is the act of giving someone money, gifts, or a favourbribery 是給某人錢、禮物或好處的行為 so that they will do something dishonest好讓他們做不誠實的事 — often an official who should be fair通常是本來該公正的官員。

Courts, newspapers, and teachers use it as a serious, formal word: “charged with bribery,” “bribery is a crime.” Though actually English bribery often covers the whole dirty deal, while Chinese splits it more cleanly: giving is 行賄 and taking is 受賄.

Courts, newspapers, and teachers use it as a serious, formal word法院、新聞和老師會把它當成一個嚴肅、正式的字來用："charged with bribery,"像「charged with bribery」（被控行賄／受賄），"bribery is a crime."「bribery is a crime」（賄賂是犯罪）。Though actually不過其實 English bribery often covers the whole dirty deal英文的 bribery 常常涵蓋整件骯髒的交易，while Chinese splits it more cleanly而中文分得比較清楚：giving is 行賄給的一方是行賄 and taking is 受賄收的一方是受賄。

In careful talk, corruption is the wider mess; bribery is this one way of doing it. You would not use bribery for a small kind present with no secret ask behind it.

In careful talk在講究一點的用法裡，corruption is the wider messcorruption（貪腐）是比較大範圍的亂象；bribery is this one way of doing itbribery 是其中一種做法。You would not use bribery for a small kind present你不會用 bribery 來講一個小小的、善意的禮物 with no secret ask behind it背後沒有暗中要求的那種。

The word names the practice, not the cash itself — the cash is a bribe.

The word names the practice, not the cash itself這個字指的是這個行為，不是那筆錢本身 — the cash is a bribe那筆錢叫做 a bribe（賄款）。