1. past tense of outbribe; to offer a larger bribe than someone else in order to gain an advantage
Usage: rare

Examples

• The corrupt official was outbribed by a rival company.
• They thought they had secured the contract until they were outbribed at the last minute.
• The investigation revealed how one faction had systematically outbribed the others.
• Despite offering substantial payments, they were outbribed by their competitors.
• The scandal broke when it became clear that several bidders had outbribed each other.