贈収賄|ぞうしゅうわいzoushuuwai[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounbribery; corruption
   彼かれは贈収賄ぞうしゅうわいを軽蔑けいべつした。↗

   He disdained bribery.

• Related腐敗ふはいNeutralMuch broader: literal rotting and, figuratively, the corruption of politics and organizations; the headword covers only the paired acts of giving and taking bribes.
• Related買収ばいしゅうNeutralCovers corporate takeovers, and for people means buying them off with money; the emphasis is on winning the other side over, and public office need not be involved.
• Related汚職おしょくNeutralOfficials using their position for bribery and misconduct; common in news reports, with the focus on the officials' side of the deal.
• Related涜職とくしょくWrittenWritten, rather old-fashioned word for misconduct and bribe-taking by civil servants; more literary than 「汚職」.
• Related堕落腐敗だらくふはいWrittenA four-character written expression for moral degradation and corruption; stresses the decay of morals or standards rather than specific acts of bribery.

「贈収賄」 names bribery as a pair — giving and taking bribes — as in 「贈収賄事件」. For official misconduct say 「汚職」, for buying someone over 「買収」, for corruption in the broad sense 「腐敗」, and 「涜職」 in formal writing.

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1. 賄賂わいろを贈おくることと受け取うけとること。贈賄ぞうわいと収賄しゅうわい。