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
Or her Delhi architecture school days, when she was too broke for jewellery and wore "cow beads" - fat glass beads strung across cow horns, bought off herdsmen near the hostel.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
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
Rogers, who owns a jewelry business, said they have always used a kit bought off the internet.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
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
