bought.
Compromised by money from special interests; corrupt.
Meaning & usage
Compromised by money from special interests; corrupt.
Any senators who vote for this bill must be bought.
Don't bother filing a complaint, the regulators are bought.
Where this word comes from
See buy.
A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
The part of a sling that contains the stone.
A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bought, bowght, bouȝt, *buȝt, probably an alteration of bight, biȝt, byȝt (“bend, bight”) after bowen, buwen, buȝen (“to bow, bend”). Cognate with Scots boucht, bucht, bout (“bend”). More at bight and bout.
simple past and past participle of buy.
She bought an expensive bag last week.
People have bought gas masks.
Where this word comes from
See buy.
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