bribery charges
Pay-to-play indictment
Bribery charges are formal criminal accusations that someone offered, gave, or received something of value to influence an official action.
The charges typically involve public officials or those who corrupt them: The senator faces bribery charges for accepting payments from lobbyists.
Corporate executives, judges, and police officers commonly appear in bribery cases.
The phrase usually implies serious legal jeopardy—arrest, indictment, or trial.
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- federal investigationOfficial government criminal inquiry
- criminal trialCourt case for crimes
- campaign finance violationsIllegal political fundraising activity
- extortionObtaining through threats
kickbacks · brown envelope · prosecution · guilty plea · corruption · whistleblowing · lobbying · embezzlement · fraud · sentencing · plea bargain · nepotism · quid pro quo · accountability · evidence · money laundering · racketeering · behind closed doors
- criminal chargesarson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping, robbery
bribery chargesacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · charges dropped · case dismissed · not guilty verdict · vindication
bribery chargesethical conduct
Morally principled behavior
clean hands · incorruptibility · integrity · good standing · probity
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