on the take
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Other cops suspected they were internal spies, headhunters, a rumor that started when a beat officer confided to the chief’s office that a bookmaking barber was inviting cops to “get on the take.”
From Los Angeles Times
Former Peruvian presidents Alejandro Toledo and Ollanta Humala are serving lengthy sentences in their country after being convicted of being on the take from Odebrecht.
From Barron's
“I kind of admire the way he’s going about it because it’s so shameless,” Carlsen said on the Take Take Take podcast.
But his attorneys vehemently denied the charges and said the government failed to prove the veteran DEA agent was on the take.
From Seattle Times
Rudy Gobert of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves got benched for a technical foul and a $100,000 fine for making a money-counting gesture at a ref after an adverse call, suggesting that the ref was on the take.
From Los Angeles Times
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