bought off
Example Sentences
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Ian J. Stones was convicted of being bought off to provide intelligence to “external forces,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said when asked about the case at a daily briefing.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
They do not want either group to be bought off, or materially rewarded for the opinions they deliver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Fall semester, I was worrying about essays being bought off the internet—hard to police, but usually so off-topic that students do poorly anyway.
From Slate ● May 4, 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
Despite all this, the private detectives somehow failed to secure enough evidence to prosecute any of the suspects, or perhaps the private eyes were bought off.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
