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Nov 13th 2009, 17:14 | FFN-Score: 5 points

Chad Ochocinco has been fined $20,000 by the NFL for flashing a dollar bill at an official during a replay challenge -- a joking attempt at a "bribe" -- in last week's Bengals-Ravens game, team and league sources tell ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

The NFL also cited the Bengals wide receiver's use of the word "bribe" in his postgame comments to reporters.

In the third quarter of last Sunday's 17-7 Bengals victory, Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer completed a 15-yard pass to Ochocinco. Baltimore challenged the call, contending that he was out of bounds, and the Ravens won the challenge.

While the play was under review, Ochocinco held a $1 bill at this side. The official appeared to dismiss him.

"I was just being me," Ochocinco told the NFL Network after the game. "I wasn't going to do it for real.