payola
noun/peɪˈəʊlə/
/peɪˈəʊlə/
[uncountable] (North American English, informal)- the practice of giving or taking payments for doing something illegal, especially for illegally influencing the sales of a particular product synonym briberyWord Origin1930s: from pay + -ola as in Victrola, the name of a make of gramophone.
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