释义 |
be on the take informal Take bribes: he may be county sheriff, but he’s on the take...- Spain's government is under mounting pressure from opposition politicians in Parliament who want to know whether Spanish officials also were on the take.
- They made no secret of the fact that they were on the take.
- For years now we have listened to and read about one inquiry after another, about this politician and that politician who was on the take.
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