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bombcar on Oct 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: I tried starting a manufacturing unit in India (20...

Soliciting a bribe is probably illegal.

But accepting a gift to do your actual job, how could that be illegal, hmmmm?

bluGill on Oct 28, 2022 [–]

If you go first you are offering a bribe. If the police are investigating offering a bribe is entrapment and your lawyer will run with that in court.

In short it is a way to avoid getting caught.

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