You couldn't get it. You had to bribe.

A traffic police accepting bribe from a bus conductor, Yangon, Myanmar.

I'm sure there's an option that doesn't involve a bribe.

Courts were bought, documents forged, and the process went smoothly.

You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

And thou shalt take no gift for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

She was released the next day, after her father had paid a bribe to the police.

Even the former president of the Philippines government has been accused of receiving kickbacks for supporting the mega deals.

'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

(c) One staff member was alleged to have accepted bribes from a refugee (for an unknown amount).

In many cases, civil offenders used to pay a bribe (between 10 and 20 dirhams.

And I m going to run a little experiment. Another little experiment.

There was also a strong suspicion that the French were trying to find a way to buy off Turkey with a relationship falling well short of European Union membership.

When a party to judicial proceedings offers a bribe to a judge or other court official, and the bribe is accepted, that party automatically acquires a privileged status in relation to other parties who have not offered, or are not in a position to offer, a bribe or inducement.

Nyan Linn Aung uploaded a video of a traffic police accepting bribe from public and private buses in Myanmar.

Sometimes we offer bribes ourselves, sometimes they are being extorted from us but most often bribes are taken and given because this is how the system works.

You shall not wrest justice you shall not respect persons neither shall you take a bribe for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Thou shalt not wrest judgment thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't respect persons, nor takes reward.

For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward

Small Business

We are small countries, with small economies that lack fiscal diversity.

It's too small.

It's too small.

It's a small world.

The world is a small village.

She's so young.

I was also too young.

I come from a small family.

Our steps have been small.

We are a small nation.

That was a bit crude, at the time. And I made all these little apartments and little merry go rounds, seesaws and swings, little ladders.

CA But if it's a 3,000 rupee, 70 dollar bribe, what fee would you have to charge, and can you actually make the business work?

Landis banned two New York Giants from the Series for attempting to bribe members of the Philadelphia Phillies late in the season.

It's the simple idea that instead of grading people incrementally in little bits and pieces, you give them one profile character avatar which is constantly progressing in tiny, tiny, tiny little increments which they feel are their own.

Instances of bribery, theft of public funds and corruption continue to be reported and appear to be on the increase, particularly in the areas of procurement and customs. At the first meeting of the consultative group (see para.

And then there's a very small group.

She's not young, is she?

She is young and immature.

Tom and Mary have a small farm.

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