| 单词 | buy someone's silence |
| 释义 | buysomeone'ssilencetopaysomeone or do something for someone, so that thatpersondoes nottellanyone something that theyknowabout and that youwanttoremainsecret: What will we have to do tobuyhersilence? He waseffectivelytryingtobuymysilence. It wasgenerallythoughtthat thejobofferwaspartof anattempttoplacateher andbuyhersilence. She wasaccusedof making apaymentof $2.1 million tobuythesilenceof awitness. So was thissumofmoneygiven incompensationor was it anattempttobuyhissilence? See also buyverb(PAY FOR) |
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