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No. The word was used correctly. Below is a definition of the word "bribe".
bribe /brīb/ noun
1 Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.
2 Something offered to induce another to do something. "tried to use dessert as a bribe to get the child to cooperate."
intransitive verb
1 To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.
2 To give, offer, or promise bribes.
3 To commit robbery or theft.
4 To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.