Guilty plea.John W. Archibald, a vice president with Casden Properties Inc., pleaded guilty to taking a bribe BRIBE, crim. law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act. and filing a false tax return. The executive who was accused of taking $112,000 in bribes from subcontractors vying vy·ing v. Present participle of vie. vying vie to work on a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. luxury apartment complex pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felony charges. The agreement calls for Archibald to spend 45 days in jail on weekends and $155,000 in restitution to Casden, as well as fines and penalties. A Casden spokesman told the L.A. Times the firm was talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to its attorneys about how to separate Archibald from the company. |
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