grease one's palms

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verb

make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- This judge can be bought
• Syn:
bribe, corrupt, buy
• Derivationally related forms:
corruptible (for: corrupt), bribable (for: bribe), briber (for: bribe), bribery (for: bribe), bribe (for: bribe)
• Topics:
crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
• Hypernyms:
pay
• Hyponyms:
sop, buy off, pay off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody