Originally Posted by
skywardhunter
I guess paying a prostitute for a girlfriend experience is also a bribe then, not paying for a service, but we're getting into OMNI territory here.
In many countries (if not most), paying for a prostitute is illegal.
Where it is not, it is indeed paying for a service.
In the present case, you are receiving money in exchange for a service. But, you'll never be able to convince that you didn't know that it was to break the rules. As such, you clearly accepted money to break the rules.
It is indeed not a bribe (as you don't have the power to decide).
It is an association (in deception).