buy and pay for

短语

词形变化

bought and paid for buys and pays for 三单 buying and paying for 现在分词 bought and paid for 过去式 bought and paid for 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see buy, pay, for.

  2. 2.

    To bribe or corrupt with money from special interests; to obtain by bribery.

词源

In the sense "bribe, corrupt", the verb is much rarer than and is probably a back-formation from the adjective bought and paid for.

来源：wiktionary