George Leo Haydock

Gifts, to bribe; or rather, which the judges have received. (Berthier) Shochad is always used in a bad sense for “a bribe.” (Calmet) — Est munus a lingua….a manu….et ab obsequio. (St. Jerome) — The wicked use their worldly goods to corrupt others. (Worthington) — Jugurtha leaving Rome, said, “O venal city.” (Sallust)