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bought

/ˈbɔt/ adjective A1
  1. Compromised by money from special interests; corrupt. (informal) · Any senators who vote for this bill must be bought.· Don't bother filing a complaint, the regulators are bought.
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I’m nearly as impolite and disagreeable and ill-mannered as these two old Knickerbocker gents on each side of me that can’t sleep of nights because I bought in between ’em.”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 9 · C1
“O Akela, and ye the Free People,” he purred, “I have no right in your assembly, but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub, the life of that cub may be bought at a price.
The Jungle Book, p. 10 · B2
The cub can be bought for a price.
The Jungle Book, p. 10 · B2
As soon as he was old enough to understand things, Bagheera told him that he must never touch cattle because he had been bought into the Pack at the price of a bull’s life.
The Jungle Book, p. 14 · B2

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