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to use threats to persuade a person or government to do what you want

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to give money or presents to someone so that they will help you by doing something dishonest or illegal

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to promise something to someone, especially a child, if they will agree to do what you want

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to give someone something so that they will do something dishonest for you

to pay someone to stop threatening you or blackmailing you

to try to become friendly with someone in order to get some benefit for yourself

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to develop a friendship or relationship with someone, usually in order to get an advantage from it

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to praise someone in order to get something that you want, especially in a way that is not sincere

to stay friendly with someone, especially someone who can help you

to behave in a very friendly way toward someone, or to praise them, in order to get something for yourself

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to get something you want, often in a way that is not honest

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to influence someone, or to control something, in a clever or dishonest way

to give someone money so that they will do something bad or dishonest for you

to give someone money so that they will not do something that will cause you problems, especially by telling people about something bad that you have done

if you play two people off against each other, you try to cause an argument between them because you think that this will give you more power or control in a situation

to use a situation or emotions such as fear or worry in order to get what you want

to behave in a very friendly or polite way to someone because you want them to like you or to do something for you

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to talk with someone in a friendly and informal way, often with the intention of gaining an advantage or of persuading them to do something that you want

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to give information or ideas in a way that gives more attention or support to a particular person, group, or opinion

to make someone more likely to do what you want by being nice to them

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to be nice to someone when you want them to do something for you

to be especially nice to someone so that they will agree to something that you want them to agree to

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to talk to someone in a very nice way in order to persuade them to do something

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to change the intended meaning of something slightly so that it means what you want it to mean

someone in an official position who is on the take is accepting bribes (=money in return for doing something wrong)

used for saying that people will do anything if they are paid enough money or given what they want

if a woman flutters her eyelashes at a man, she tries to make him think she is attractive by looking at him in a special way

to try to make someone do what you want, especially by using threats

working for someone, especially doing something secret and dishonest

to know who to be nice to or what to do in order to gain advantages for yourself

to make two people or groups oppose each other so that you can gain something

if two people play good cop/bad cop with someone, one is friendly while the other behaves in a threatening way in order to make the person trust the “good cop” and tell them the information they want to know

to use a particular quality, argument, etc. in order to gain an advantage

to say what you think people want to hear in order to gain popularity

to do or get what you want despite the rules that make it difficult