buy off
verb
bought off; buying off; buys off
transitive verb
1
: to induce to refrain (as from prosecution) by a payment or other consideration
2
: to free (as from military service) by payment
Word History
First Known Use
1614, in the meaning defined at sense 2
- crossing guard
- crossing off
- crossing out
- crossing over
- crossing paths
- crossing paths (with)
- crossing paths with
- crossing up
- crossing-over
- crossings
- crossite
- crossjack
- crossjacks
- crosslegs
- crosslet
- crosslets
- crosslier
- crossliest
- crosslight
- crosslighted
- crosslighting
- crosslights
- crossline
- crosslinguistic
- crosslinguistically