buy and pay for

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see buy, pay, for.
  2. To bribe or corrupt with money from special interests; to obtain by bribery.
    — I presume that the lobbyists of those interests who can afford to buy and pay for special privileges, will read with a great deal of glee that this is now the order of the day.

词形变化

buys and pays for present,singular,third-person buying and paying for participle,present bought and paid for participle,past bought and paid for past

词源

In the sense "bribe, corrupt", the verb is much rarer than and is probably a back-formation from the adjective bought and paid for.
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