Predicate: bribe

Roleset id: bribe.01 , to make illegal payments in exchange for favors, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

bribe.01: BRIBE-V NOTES: Roleset corresponds to VN class force-59-1. (from bribe.01-v)

Aliases:

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bribe (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: briber, agent (vnrole: 59-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: person bribed (vnrole: 59-1-patient)
        Arg2-PRD: favor (vnrole: 59-1-result)
        Arg3-VSP: amount exchanged

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: gerund

        [*-1] Starting with Congressman Mario Biaggi ( now serving a jail sentence ) , [the company]-1 began a career of *trace*-1 bribing federal , state and local public officials and those close to public officials , right up to [*RNR*-2] and including [*RNR*-2] E. Robert Wallach , close friend and adviser to former Attorney General Ed Meese .

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: bribing
        Arg1: federal , state and local public officials

Example: all arguments

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Arthur Klein , president of Young& Rubicam 's New York office , stepped down `` temporarily '' in the wake of charges [*ICH*-2] by a federal grand jury in New Haven , Conn. , that he , the agency and another top executive bribed Jamaican tourist officials [*-1] to win its account in 1981 .

        Arg0: he , the agency and another top executive
        Rel: bribed
        Arg1: Jamaican tourist officials
        Arg2: [*-1] to win its account
        Argm-tmp: in 1981

Example: with ammount

        I bribed the super $500 for keeping quiet about the dogs

        Arg0: I
        Rel: bribed
        Arg1: the super
        Arg2: for keeping quiet about the dogs
        Arg3: $500