buy and pay for
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buy and pay for
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In the sense "bribe, corrupt", the verb is much rarer than and is probably a back-formation from the adjective bought and paid for.
verb buys and pays for · buying and paying for · bought and paid for
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see buy, pay, for.
- To bribe or corrupt with money from special interests; to obtain by bribery. I presume that the lobbyists of those interests who can afford to buy and pay for special privileges, will read with a great deal of glee that this is now the order of the day.
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