pay off someone

(MONEY FOR HELP)

Definition

› to give someone money, often illegally, after the person has done something dishonest to help you: He paid off the inspectors with bribes of $500.

(Definition of pay off someone (MONEY FOR HELP) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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