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grease palm |
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grease someone's palm and oil someone's palm
Fig. to bribe someone. If you want to get something done around here, you have to grease someone's palm. I'd never oil a police officer's palm. That's illegal. grease somebody's palm to give money to someone in authority in order to persuade them to do something for you, especially something wrong Drug barons were greasing the palm of the chief of police. grease somebody's palm also grease the palm of somebody to give someone money to persuade them to do what you want Some of those candidates spent money greasing the palms of local political bosses. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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