Sentences with phrase «as a bribe»

This is partly because most dog trainers in the twentieth century had only seen food used as bribes, and partly because it was widely believed that dogs should learn to obey out of love and respect.

I am not above using food as a bribe gesture of goodwill.

Separately on Monday, British news station Channel 4 News broadcast an undercover sting which showed senior executives at Cambridge Analytica suggesting that entrapment techniques such as bribes and sex workers could be used to help a politician gain favor against a rival.

Avoid promising sweets as a bribe for good behavior, or taking away goodies for bad behavior.

Netanyahu is accused of accepting gifts as bribes from Australian billionaire James Packer and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan.

When food or toys are used properly in training, they are not given as bribes, but as motivation or rewards for -LSB-...]

A federal prosecutor accused New York's former assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, today of taking millions of dollars in legal fees as bribes, while a defense lawyer insisted there was nothing illegal about the transactions.

Two of de Blasio's campaign donors have pleaded guilty to using contributions as bribes, but the mayor was never charged with anything though he accepted that cash.

Using sweets as a bribe creates the impression that they're more valuable or better than other, more healthy foods — plus kids quickly learn to use them as a bargaining tool.

A lot of people worry that food could be seen as bribing.

The memos, which became known as the «Steele dossier,» also contained unsubstantiated accounts of encounters between Mr. Trump and Russian prostitutes, as well as real estate deals that were intended as bribes.

He said a tip in America is same as bribe in Nigeria.

There is certainly a case to be made that the money qualified as a bribe in the broadest sense of the provision.

Oh, by the way, how much money did the Archdiocese donate (pay as a bribe) to the majority conference?

«What you saw is the government being forced, post-Skilling to really pitch a case as a bribe case, without focusing on a failure - to - disclose theory,» said Daniel Richman, a professor at Columbia Law School.

Sometimes this site gets me glum, because I see too much of the low side of human nature: Grants used as bribes rather than as funding for truth - seekers, and people willing to compromise truth for funding.

In the meantime the upstate rubes want to continue to take NYC real estate money as a bribe to stick it to NYC tenants.

Seabrook stands accused of accepting as a bribe a black Ferragamo bag stuffed with $ 60,000 bribe from hedge fund manager Murray Huberfeld in 2014.

But I've talked to sales managers overseas who say it's just not realistic to avoid everything that could be construed as a bribe.

Give away digital downloads as bribes.

In plain language, these grants were meant as bribes.

a times I wonder what Wenger gets in backgrounds from these useless players as bribes..

Wenger uses the captaincy as a bribe to make players stay, rather than importing players who actually have leadership qualities.

Part (nut - free) chocolate treat, part new toy — I am not above using Kinder ® Eggs as a bribe — «the sooner you get that seat belt fastened, the sooner you can have your Kinder ® Egg!»

By the end of each training day, I was so drained that I pretty much came home and crawled into bed with Tariku, using afternoon movies as a bribe for snuggles.

And don't use a sweet treat as a bribe or withhold it as a punishment.

I find that praise for good behaviour is just as powerful and effective as a bribe.

She says that even now, trips with all four were quick ones with bagged snacks as bribes.

National Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams says no one in his «right senses» will describe a car gift to President Mahama as bribe.

Mr Ayariga, who is a member of the Appointments Committee, told Radio Gold in an interview that the Minority MPs rejected the GHS3000 each which was enveloped for them when they later found out that the money was coming from Mr Agyarko as a bribe.

The federal case against Silver focused on his private legal work, which generated millions in what prosecutors were able to cast as bribes and kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

Silver was convicted of engaging in a two - track corruption scheme that padded his bank account with an estimated $ 4 million that prosecutors characterized as bribes and kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

Attorneys for Silver said in the Manhattan U.S. District Court filing that an indictment «blatantly disregards» U.S. Supreme Court rulings that limit when prosecutors can label conflicts of interest or self - dealing as bribes and kickbacks.

Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who is accused of masking legal referrals as bribes and kickbacks, resigned from the speakership after his arrest.

Whereas Otiko has claimed the Chairman has taken goats and cows as bribes and promised people jobs, the latter on his part has accused the Minister and her colleague of being involved in the plot that led to the murder of Adams Mahama, the late NPP's Upper East regional chairman.

Specifically, the two former officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, got into trouble for allegedly collecting the said sum in the weeks preceding the 2015 Presidential election as a bribe.

The ex - jail guards» union chief left $ 60,000 in a black Ferragamo man - purse sitting in his department issued - car after receiving the cash as a bribe — beca use he was too embarrassed to be seen with a «murse,» prosecutors suggested at Seabrook's corruption trial Monday.

Harendra Singh, who was cooperating in a federal investigation into Mayor Bill de Blasio's fund - raising, had quietly pleaded guilty to using campaign donations to the mayor as bribes.

According to him, no single witness had testified to have given the amount as bribe, neither did any of them point to any monetary transfer from the accounts of second or third defendants to that of the first defendant.

Percoco was convicted of using interstate wire communications to arrange a «low - show,» $ 90,000 - a-year job for his wife as a bribe, with the expectation that Percoco would use his influence in state government to help power plant developer Competitive Power Ventures.

Defense lawyers say Howe is lying and portraying legitimate payments as bribes.

She enjoined women to shun collecting sugar and salt as bribe and instead, use their numerical strength and family connections to contest and vote for one another.

Kelly is accused of paying Percoco's wife Lisa for a «low - show» job as a bribe for influence in state government

He didn't find any police station to take that money that he considers as a bribe.

The President's accusers are certainly not unaware of the fact that the famous Millennium Park in Abuja was donated to the city by a construction company, but we do not recall that anyone was ever accused of receiving the park or other similar communal projects as a bribe.

A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Christian Nwosu has pleaded guilty to receiving N30million as bribe from the N23billion alleged Diezani bribe meant to compromise electoral officers before the 2015 general election.

Like yesterday, Mr. Melo seemed to be arguing that the Justice Department was overreaching in its efforts to depict the arrangement between the doctor, the politician, the Assembly and the mesothelioma research center as a bribe and kickback scheme.