These are the meanings of the letters RIBBET when you unscramble them.
- Biter (n.)
One who cheats; a sharper.
- Biter (n.)
One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish.
- Bribe (n.)
A gift begged; a present.
- Bribe (n.)
A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
- Bribe (n.)
That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
- Bribe (v. i.)
To commit robbery or theft.
- Bribe (v. i.)
To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.
- Bribe (v. t.)
To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
- Bribe (v. t.)
To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
- Bribe (v. t.)
To rob or steal.
- Tribe (n.)
A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
- Tribe (n.)
A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
- Tribe (n.)
A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.
- Tribe (n.)
A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.
- Tribe (n.)
A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
- Tribe (v. t.)
To distribute into tribes or classes.