Bribery

How would you define bribery?

Bribery is payment for a specific judgment.

Here are three examples:

1. A coach pays a referee to favor his team.

2. A lobbyist pays a congressman to vote for a bill.

3. A criminal pays a police officer to overlook his crimes.

It is, of course, legitimate to pay someone to serve as a judge, but if the cause of a judge’s conclusions is the desire for a financial reward, rather than logic, then those conclusions are untrustworthy.

Is the concept in any way distorted or badly applied today because of altruism?