BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS
\bɹˈa͡ɪbəɹɪ at ɪlˈɛkʃənz], \bɹˈaɪbəɹɪ at ɪlˈɛkʃənz], \b_ɹ_ˈaɪ_b_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ a_t ɪ_l_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n_z]\
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The offense committed by one who gives or promises or offers money or any valuable Inducement to an elector, in order to corruptly induce the latter to vote in a particular way or to abstain from voting, or as a reward to the voter for having voted in a particular way or abstained from voting.
By Henry Campbell Black
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