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词汇 BRIBERY
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BRIBERY
buy someone off
to bribe someone; to win someone over by gifts or favors.
It's not hard to buy politicians off.They bought off the whole city council with campaign contributions.
grease someone's palm and oil someone's palm
to bribe someone. (Slang.)
If you want to get something done around here, you have to grease someone's palm.I'd never oil a police officer's palm. That's illegal.
hush money
money paid as a bribe to persuade someone to remain silent and not reveal certain information.
Bob gave his younger sister hush money so that she wouldn't tell Jane that he had gone to the movies with Sue.The crooks paid Fred hush money to keep their whereabouts secret.
pay someone off
to pay someone a bribe (for a favor already done).
The lawyer was put in prison for paying the judge off. The judge was imprisoned also.The lawyer paid off the judge for deciding the case in the lawyer's favor.
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