But, point of language: "bribe" only applies when you're inducing someone to breach their responsibilities to someone else or "the system" as a whole, such as bribing someone to make a purchasing decision with the company's money or a policeman to leave you alone. While you can induce someone to make a decision on their own account, it's no more bribery than my employer is "bribing" me to write software.
>"bribe" only applies when you're inducing someone to breach their responsibilities to someone else or "the system" as a whole
so, what would you call a payment for them to perform their legal duties, like issue a document for example, which they must perform by law, yet aren't going to until you pay?
checked Russian law (below, in Russian) as this is where my understanding formed - it is all bribe there as i always thought, only for the "breach" (part 3.) the punishment is stronger
But, point of language: "bribe" only applies when you're inducing someone to breach their responsibilities to someone else or "the system" as a whole, such as bribing someone to make a purchasing decision with the company's money or a policeman to leave you alone. While you can induce someone to make a decision on their own account, it's no more bribery than my employer is "bribing" me to write software.