Analysis Complete

grease one's palms

/ grease one's palms /

verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

"This judge can be bought"

Type of:

pay

Kinds of:

sop buy off pay off

Derived:

briber suborner bribery graft bribe

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Domain:

crime law-breaking

Semantic Complexity

35%

Sense Count

1

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

9

Times Searched

1

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Related Words

pay sop buy off pay off