GREASE ONE'S PALMS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

Example:

This judge can be bought

Synonyms:

bribe; buy; corrupt; grease one's palms

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "grease one's palms" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grease one's palms"):

sop (give a conciliatory gift or bribe to)

buy off; pay off (pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody