1822. B. E. O’Meara, in Morning Chron., 14 Nov., 2/3. ‘Did you bribe me?’ is the question. ‘I did not, upon my honour,’ is most assuredly the reply, which every briber in the world would make to the bribee.
1858. Gen. P. Thompson, Audi Alt., I. lix. 230. The bond between the briber and the bribee.
1881. Times, 25 Jan., 8/4. A large number of bribees were examined.
