bought off
Example Sentences
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Some insiders were apparently bought off during the planning of the incursion.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026
But it’s his unboxing videos that are truly addicting, almost as if we, the viewer, were absorbing that surge of dopamine that comes from finally opening up something special we bought off the internet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Just how much risk is still not clear, but toxic chemicals have been found in hundreds of consumer products and clothing bought off the racks nationwide.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Prosecutors in that case claimed witnesses were bought off, for which he was again acquitted in February this year.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023
Also because it has this big old madman desk in it that D.B. bought off some lady alcoholic in Philadelphia, and this big, gigantic bed that's about ten miles wide and ten miles long.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
