a. (sb.) [f. BRIBE v. + -ABLE; see also -BLE.]

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  A.  adj. Capable of being bribed; open to bribery; corrupt; venal.

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1829.  Blackw. Mag., XXVI. 641. The close and the bribable boroughs will not be violated.

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1858.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., I. V. v. 590. Grumkow, a bribeable gentleman.

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1866.  Ch. Times, 31 March, 101/2. Give increased voting power to the bribeable classes.

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1879.  Bagehot, Lit. Studies, I. Introd. 63. A most amusing picture of the bribable electors.

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  B.  sb. A corrupt or venal person.

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1867.  Fortn. Rev., July, 112. The bribables … in the new constituencies.

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