Was heißt »be­ste­chen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb be­ste­chen lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • bribe
  • corrupt
  • oil so.'s palm

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Du kannst jenen Richter nicht bestechen.

You cannot buy that judge.

You can't bribe that judge.

You can't buy that judge.

Er hat den Richter bestochen und kam ungestraft davon.

He bribed the judge and got off scot-free.

Der Kaufmann bestach den Politiker.

The merchant bribed the politician.

Er gab zu, bestochen worden zu sein.

He admitted he had taken bribes.

Sie versuchten umsonst, den Zeugen zu bestechen.

They attempted in vain to bribe the witness.

Ich habe den Polizisten bestochen.

I bribed the policeman.

Ich kann es nicht glauben, dass Sie versuchen, mich zu bestechen.

I can't believe you're trying to bribe me.

Der alte Mann bestach ein junges Mädchen mit Geld und Schmuck.

The old man bribed a young girl with money and jewelry.

Herr Koop wäre der letzte, der sich bestechen ließe.

Mr Koop would be the last person to take a bribe.

Der Polizist hat sich bestechen lassen.

The police officer accepted a bribe.

Hat Tom Maria bestochen?

Did Tom bribe Mary?

Versuchen Sie etwa, mich zu bestechen?

Are you attempting to bribe me?

Tom bestach die Wachen.

Tom bribed the guards.

Ich habe versucht, Tom zu bestechen.

I tried to bribe Tom.

Synonyme

bril­lie­ren:
excel
shine
ein­neh­men:
adopt
capture
cover
earn
ingest
occupy
span
take up
win over
glän­zen:
glare
glitter
shine
punk­ten:
award points
schmie­ren:
spread
spi­cken:
lard
über­zeu­gen:
convince
persuade
satisfy
über­zeu­gend:
convincing
persuasive

Sinnverwandte Wörter

ge­fal­len:
please

Englische Beispielsätze

  • There is nothing worse than a corrupt and incompetent doctor.

  • Finland's government is one of the least corrupt in the world.

  • This oil company was involved in a massive oil corruption scandal.

  • Tom refused to take the bribe.

  • The corrupt government officials fled the country.

  • This government is corrupt.

  • Never accept a gift intended as a bribe!

  • These police officers are corrupt.

  • That organization is corrupt to the core.

  • Down with corrupt politicians!

  • Tom denied that he had accepted the bribe.

  • The file is corrupt.

  • She talked him into accepting the bribe.

  • Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  • The party in power is corrupt, but the opposition is little better.

  • He denied that he had accepted the bribe.

  • He refused to take the bribe.

  • He offered a big bribe to the politician.

  • It was very sensible of him to reject the bribe.

Be­ste­chen übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: bestechen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: bestechen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 439474, 560442, 613654, 708548, 810148, 2128964, 2204695, 2338423, 2467496, 2629951, 3345624, 3578238, 8860908, 11871471, 10457204, 6542574, 6066254, 5734720, 4225693, 3329434, 2826540, 2628460, 1629436, 1352059, 1026507, 965928, 887423, 523949, 324785, 304861, 304859, 291078 & 246521. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR