Transparency International (TI) has published the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) since 1995, annually ranking countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys.. The CPI generally defines corruption as the misuse of public power for private benefit..
The Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) is but the latest such incarnation of a very old theme - but with a deadly, sometime mass destructive force. The DHS defines this as a potential weapon of mass destruction.
1 BID, also b.i.d. or BD, is a medical abbreviation for bis in die, meaning to give medication twice a day. 2  TID, also t.i.d., is a medical abbreviation for ter in die, meaning to give medication three times a day.  QID also q.i.d, is a medical abbreviation which means to give the medication four times a day.