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Bribery is the corrupt solicitation, payment, or acceptance of a private favor (a bribe) in exchange for official action. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The purpose of a bribe is to influence the actions of the recipient, a person charge of an official duty, to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity .
Éditions Larousse (French pronunciation: [edisjɔ̃ laʁus]) is a French publishing house specialising in reference works such as dictionaries. It was founded by Pierre Larousse and its best-known work is the Petit Larousse. It was acquired from private owners by Compagnie Européenne de Publication in 1984, then Havas in 1997.
Corruption in France describes the prevention and occurrence of corruption in France.. France has ratified several important international anti-corruption conventions such as the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
Le Petit Larousse Illustré, commonly known simply as Le Petit Larousse (French pronunciation: [lə pə.ti laʁus]), is a French-language encyclopedic dictionary published by Éditions Larousse. It first appeared in 1905 and was edited by Claude Augé , following Augé's Dictionnaire complet illustré (1889).
The Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ diksjɔnɛːʁ ynivɛʁsɛl dy diznœvjɛm sjɛkl], Great Universal Dictionary of the 19th Century), often called the Grand Larousse du dix-neuvième (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ laʁus dy diznœvjɛm]), is a French encyclopedic dictionary.
Following the work of Pierre Larousse on the Grand dictionnaire Universel, the Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ diksjɔnɛːʁ ɑ̃siklɔpedik laʁus]), a ten-volume dictionary, was published in Paris between 1982 and 1985 by Éditions Larousse. [1]
Embezzlement (from Anglo-Norman, from Old French besillier ("to torment, etc."), of unknown origin) [1] is a term commonly used for a type of financial crime, usually involving theft of money from a business or employer.
Larousse Gastronomique; Petit Larousse (1905) Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, 1866–1876 encyclopedia, the first Larousse; Nouveau Larousse illustré, 1897–1904 encyclopedia; Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse, 1982–1985 dictionary and encyclopedia; Pierre Larousse (1817–1875), French grammarian, lexicographer ...