The act of taking or receiving something with the intention of influencing the recipient in some way favorable to the

party providing the bribe. Bribery is typically considered illegal and can be punishable by jail time or stiff fines if authorities find out about the bribe.

Bribery is the offering, promising, giving, requesting, or accepting of a financial or other advantage with the intention to induce or reward improper performance.

Many types of bribes exist: tip, gift, sop, perk, skim, favor, discount, waived fee/ticket, free food, free ad, free trip, free tickets, sweetheart deal,kickback/payback, funding, inflated sale of an object or property, lucrative contract, donation, campaign contribution, fundraiser, sponsorship/backing, higher paying job, stock options, secret commission, or promotion (rise of position/rank).

A grey area may exist when payments to smooth transactions are made. Why the outer world,even In india corruption and briber are a very major issue mainly existent in governmemt sector.where we have to please the governmemt officials with numerous types of cash and kind payments to get the work done which is instead there basic duty to be fulfil as ordered by the government.and thus india shines as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. A 2005 study conducted by Transparency International in India found that more than 62% of Indians had paid bribes to get jobs done in public offices successfully.which in decreased to about 40.we cant say if we should be happy with this decrease or still be worried about the scenario prevailing. In 2012 India has ranked 94th out of 176 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Index

Silver, though white, Yet it draws black lines; it shall not rule my palm There to mark forth its base corruption.

No place is so strongly fortified that money could not capture it.

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