in the pay of

idiom

: working usually in a secret way for (a person or organization)

He was accused of being in the pay of gangsters.

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On the other hand, there’s also a growing gulf in the pay of U.K. and U.S.-based CEOs, which experts think is a roadblock to attracting executive-level talent. —

Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 Apr. 2024 Judges and the security forces are also all too frequently in the pay of drug groups. —

Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 The union came up with the 40% raise request based on the increase in the pay of CEOs at the three automakers over the last four years. —

Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023 Disney has sought to rein in the pay of its top executive in recent years after regularly receiving criticism from corporate governance experts. —

Christopher Palmeri, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022 Dr Wakefield was in the pay of solicitors who were acting for parents who believed their children had been harmed by MMR [BBC News] . —

Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2010

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