Cohecho:dadiva, bribery money, material goods, or promises, given to a civil servant ( politician, civil servant, judge, etc. ) for the charge that has to make a profit by the briber. In bribery there always has to be acceptance of the gift or promise of receiving it, the public employee. Prevarication: Acting illegally knowingly, maliciously, or inexcusable ignorance ( ignorance does not exempt from compliance with law ) judges, mayors, government authorities, public, political officials in general, even to solicitors and barristers, the latter, in the exercise of their functions.