Definition of Buy off

1. Verb. Pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor.

Exact synonyms: Pay Off
Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Generic synonyms: Bribe, Buy, Corrupt, Grease One's Palms

Definition of Buy off

1. Verb. (transitive) to pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buy Off

buy-and-bust operation
buy-down
buy-downs
buy-in
buy-ins
buy-out
buy-outs
buy-to-let
buy at
buy back
buy cotton
buy food
buy in
buy into
buy it
buy off
buy off on
buy out
buy someone out
buy straw hats in winter
buy the farm
buy time
buy to let
buy up
buyable
buyables
buyback
buybacks
buycott
buycotted

Literary usage of Buy off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1876)
"nearer tribes of the marauders, as the chiefs of the Hauran do to this day, paying them an annual tax, or mail, to buy off their raids, and was surprised by ..."

2. British Reformers by John Foxe, John Bale, Miles Coverdale (1842)
"V. Father Latimer to One in prison for the profession of the gospel: giving his judgment, whether it be lawful to buy off the cross. ..."

3. Report of the Trial of James H. Peck, Judge of the United States District by James Hawkins Peck, Arthur Joseph Stansbury, United States Congress. Senate (1833)
"... counting the number of acres of land which you have gained by this act of his, and almost in direct terms offers to buy off his impeachment. ..."

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