Illegal contribution
The crossword clue "Illegal contribution" is answered by BRIBE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BRIBE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRIBE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BRIBE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRIBE, most used first.
- Hush money - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Illegal payment - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Buy off - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Sop - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Payola - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Under-the-table payment - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Illegal firing? - ARSON, used 29 times
- Church contribution - TITHE, used 15 times
- Illegal burning - ARSON, used 11 times
- Hammerstein's contribution - LYRIC, used 10 times
- Illegal lending practice - USURY, used 7 times
- Illegal trickery - FRAUD, used 6 times
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