収賄|しゅうわいshuuwai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbaccepting a bribe
    The bribery scandal created a backlash overseas.
Conjugation
Dictionary form収賄する(しゅうわいする)
Polite (masu)収賄します(しゅうわいします)
Negative (nai)収賄しない(しゅうわいしない)
polite (masen)収賄しません(しゅうわいしません)
classical zu / nu収賄せず・収賄せぬ(しゅうわいせず・しゅうわいせぬ)
Past (ta)収賄した(しゅうわいした)
polite (mashita)収賄しました(しゅうわいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)収賄しなかった(しゅうわいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)収賄しませんでした(しゅうわいしませんでした)
Te form収賄して(しゅうわいして)
Potential収賄できる(しゅうわいできる)
Passive収賄される(しゅうわいされる)
Causative収賄させる(しゅうわいさせる)
Causative passive収賄させられる(しゅうわいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)収賄すれば(しゅうわいすれば)
tara収賄したら(しゅうわいしたら)
Volitional収賄しよう(しゅうわいしよう)
polite (mashou)収賄しましょう(しゅうわいしましょう)
Imperative収賄しろ(しゅうわいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related腐敗ふはいNeutralBroadly covers corruption of organizations and politics; literally means rot or decay. 「収賄」 refers specifically to a public official taking a bribe.
  • Related涜職とくしょくWrittenOld-fashioned legal term for a public official defiling their office, bribery included; nowadays 「汚職」 or 「収賄」 is what people normally say.
  • Related堕落腐敗だらくふはいWrittenA four-character compound for the decay of morals and public mores; very rare and written in tone. It overlaps with 「収賄」 only in the general sense of corruption.
  • Antonym買収ばいしゅうNeutralIn the bribery sense, means paying money to win people over, putting it closer to the briber's side; it also commonly means a corporate takeover, a sense 「収賄」 lacks.
  • Antonym贈賄ぞうわいWrittenMeans giving a bribe to a public official — the giving side of the pair with 「収賄」; the two together are called 「贈収賄」.

Use 「収賄」 for taking a bribe and 「贈賄」 for giving one; together they form 「贈収賄」. For corruption in general, 「腐敗」 or 「汚職」 is the usual word. 「買収」 leans toward the briber's side, while 「涜職」 and 「堕落腐敗」 are rare written terms.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 公務員こうむいんなどが賄賂わいろを受け取うけとること。
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