收买 (shōu mǎi): to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off

The boss tried to buy off that journalist to stop him from reporting the company's pollution, but the journalist refused on the spot.

Before the match, he secretly gave his opponent money to buy him off and lose on purpose, but the referee found out.

To secure the project, this company tried to bribe the official in charge of approval and was eventually investigated by the police.

He had only been at the company a short time when he was bought off by a competitor and secretly leaked our quotation sheet.