Question

"(b)Nomadic and pastoralist communities: Their daily lifestyles were badly affected by the new forest laws. Due to the changes brought in by forest management, nomadic and pastoralist communities could not cut wood, graze cattle, collect fruits and roots, andhunt or fish. All this was made illegal. As a result, they were forced to steal wood, and if caught, they would have to offer bribes to the forest guards. Some of these tribes were even labelled criminal."

The Word "Bribe" what does it mean? or is it just a mistakely written instead of "Tribe"

Answer 1

Dear Student, the word so mentioned in the answer is 'Bribe' only. It means that the tribes were affected so much by the laws that they even resorted to stealing wood, and if they were caught in the process, they had to 'bribe'- that is give money to the officers, so to avoid punishments.