to sop

Examples

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• Those programs that aren't even mentioned in the constitution and amount to a perpetual vote-getting machine for the crooks you try to tell us "CARE" about the poor, the downtrodden, the victims of evil capitalists whose money socialism is all too eager to sop up?

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• The company offered a generous bonus as a sop to the employees to ease their concerns about job security.

• To quiet the angry crowd, the politician distributed free tickets as a sop for their discontent.

• She brought cookies to the meeting as a sop, hoping to gain favor with her team.

Synonyms

B

to bribe

vsto sop

140 4.1

Give money or gifts to a person in authority to make them do something dishonest

is used to soothe complaints by offering payments rather than corrupt acts

P

to placate

vsto sop

28 7.0

To make someone less angry by saying or doing something kind

uses payment to quiet discontent rather than general pleasing actions

G

to grease someone's palm

vsto sop

• Informal

8.1

To give someone money secretly to make them do something for you

does this to calm or gain favor rather than chiefly to influence power

C

to cross one's palm with silver

vsto sop

• Archaic

9.3

To give someone money to get a favor, often as a bribe

focuses on calming discontent with a gift rather than ensuring cooperation

Phrasal Verbs

S

to sop up

1 3.3

To absorb liquid using a sponge, cloth, or piece of bread

S

to sop up

3.7

To take in liquid or things like information and feelings

How Appeasing

bribe

137 3.6

to sop

9.9

to placate

28 7.0

to soothe

63 3.4

to mollify

8 7.2

Surface Forms

Etymology