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bought and paid for en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bought, paid for.
2. Corrupted by money from special interests; bribed.
   • Just like bought-and-paid-for politicians and bought-and-paid-for media, bought-and-paid-for scientists are an instrument of corporate power. 2000, Philip Shabecoff, Earth Rising: American Environmentalism in the 21st Century, →ISBN:
   • Frank you are bought and paid for. Bought and paid for. You are here to do what I say when I say it. 2000, Thomas Hollyday, Slave Graves, →ISBN:
   • If we let this woman out of here, even if she's totally bought and paid for, how the hell can you ever rest easy again. 2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, →ISBN, page 209:

bought and paid for en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of buy and pay for
   form of buy and pay for