vote buying

collocation in English

meaningsofvoteandbuy

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vote
noun
uk
/vəʊt/us
/voʊt/
the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your ...
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buy
noun
uk
/baɪ/us
/baɪ/
to be worth/not be worth ...
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(Definition ofvoteandbuyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvote buying

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Election malpractices such asvotebuyingand violence have long been commonplace.
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Such gifts have the potential to cross the border intovotebuying.
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By making voting mandatory, reformers hoped thatvotebuyingwould become more difficult and more expensive.
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The new commissions were established to clean up elections and to have an institutionalized process to challenge fraudulent ballots andvotebuying.
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Many primary candidates have used inappropriate methods to gain votes, such asvotebuying, violence and insulting other candidates.
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Apart from increasedvotebuyingcosts, we do not believe that two campaigns should necessarily increase campaigning expenses.
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When this strategy failed, he resorted to the time-honoured practice of massivevotebuyingto get his way.
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He spoke of the danger to the health of our democracy—the greatest danger being the corruption ofvotebuying.
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Their lack of means, however, meant that they were susceptible tovotebuying.
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They ruled that there was no provenvotebuying, no evident coercion or illicit inducement.
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Accusation ofvotebuyingand blackmail has been most cited.
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Voting was made compulsory in order to ensure high-turn out reducevotebuying.
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The opposition denounced the massivevotebuyingand cheating in that elections.
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