Corruption in Cameroon has been widely studied from political and economic perspectives, yet its linguistic dimension remains underexplored. This study examines how bribery is pragmatically enacted and discursively normalised in everyday institutional interactions in Yaounde. Grounded in Speech Act Theory as proposed by J. L. Austin and further developed by John Searle, and informed by Critical Discourse Analysis in the tradition of Teun A. van Dijk, the research analyses data collected from 200 participants, including transport operators and public service users. The findings reveal that corruption is primarily performed through indirect speech acts, euphemistic substitutions, metaphorical framing, and code-switching. Expressions such as “On fait comment?” and “Il faut huiler” operate as implicit directives whose intended meaning relies on shared socio-cultural knowledge. The study argues that corruption in Cameroon functions not only as an economic transaction but also as a routinised communicative practice. Effective anti-corruption strategies must therefore incorporate linguistic and discursive interventions.