Polyglot Dictionary

Bestechung

/bəˈʃtɛçʊŋ/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Bestechungen

Meaning

  1. bribery

    • Er wurde wegen Bestechung angeklagt.

      He was charged with bribery.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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English

graft

Close — bribery and "graft" (corrupt profit) overlap.

Practice

1 What does Bestechung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er wurde wegen ___ angeklagt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bestechung?

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