Simply put, it is an act of bribery.

简单地说，这是一种贿赂行为。

Yeah, in the States we don't really have bribes but we have what's called kickbacks.

我们没有这种贿赂行为，不过我们有的行为。

About a third of those asked said they had paid a bribe in the last year.

受访者中有近1/3的人说们曾在去年有过贿赂行为。

In Britain it indicated it would plead guilty to bribery connected with oil operations in five African countries.

司在英国表示会承认与五个非洲国家的石油业务有关的贿赂行为。

So Sarkozy's bribe, according to the conviction, was offering the judge a job in exchange for information about investigations of Sarkozy.

根据定罪判决，萨科齐的贿赂行为是给法官提供工作，以交换有关萨科齐调查的信息。

When Erin first started out 20 years ago, she was helping governments investigate bribery and corruption and tracking down where all those bribes were going.

20 年前，当艾琳 (Erin) 刚开始工作时，她正在帮助政府调查贿赂和腐败行为，并追查所有这些贿赂的去向。