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buy off

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buy someone off
to bribe someone to ignore what one is doing wrong. Do you think you can buy her off? The mobster tried to buy off the jury.
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With money, however, one may buy off the others before the game.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
It seems they found means to bribe or buy off some of those who were expected to come in against them, and they wanted evidence for some time to convict them.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
Clare was good-natured and self-indulgent, and sought to buy off with presents and flatteries; and when Marie became mother to a beautiful daughter, he really felt awakened, for a time, to something like tenderness.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
 
 
 
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