{"era":"current","word":"bribery","meaning":"the practice of giving or taking bribes","children":[{"era":"late 14c.","word":"briberie","meaning":"theft, robbery, swindling, pilfering","children":[{"era":"14c.","word":"bribe","meaning":"gift; morsel; later a corrupting gift","children":[],"language":"Old French"},{"era":"medieval","word":"-ery","meaning":"noun-forming suffix","children":[],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}