A.accept as a present, esp. take as a bribe, “ἀργύριον πολλόν” Hdt.6.72; “χρυσόν” Pl. R.590a; “κατὰ πεντήκοντα τάλαντα” Ar.V.669.
II. c. acc. pers. (only in later Gr., for δωροδοκοῦσιν is f.l. in Ar.V.675 and δωροδοκοῦντας (abs.) is interpol. in D.9.45), corrupt by bribes, D.S.13.64, Arr.Epict.4.1.148, Luc.Pisc.9, etc.
2. simply, bestow gifts, AP9.335 (Leon.): c. acc., ib.12.204 (Strat.).
III. Pass., of persons, to have a bribe given one, Cratin.128, cf. Plb.6.56.2, D.H.4.55 (as v.l.); also ταῦθ᾽ ἁπλῶς δεδωροδόκηται this has been accomplished by bribery, D.19.329 (v.l. -ηνται); τὰ περὶ τὴν Εὔβοιαν δωροδοκηθέντα the bribery in the matter of Euboea, Aeschin.3.221; “τὸ δεδωροδοκημένον χρυσίον” Din.1.66.