grease someone's palm

Also, oil someone's palm or hand . Give someone money in exchange for a favor; also, bribe someone. For example, If you want you luggage to make the plane, be sure to grease the porter's palm. This term uses grease in the sense of "enrich." [First half of 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Veremund	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Bojan	BO-yahn (Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Brett	BRET	English
Llewella	-	Welsh
Hildr	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Lia (1)	LEE-ah (Italian), LEE-ə (Portuguese, Georgian)	Italian, Portuguese, Georgian, Biblical Latin