be on the takeinformalPAY FOR to be willing to do something wrong in return for money 愿意受贿,肯贪赃枉法 Is it true that some of the generals are on the take? 真的有一些将军接受贿赂吗?
be on the take• Not everybody was on the take.• Clint Eastwood is usually threatened with dismissal in his detective movies, sometimes because his immediate superior is on the take.
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