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
Harsha	-	Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit
Andrea (2)	AN-dree-ə (English), an-DRAY-ə (English), ahn-DRE-ah (German)	English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Cr
Odharnait	-	Irish
Herodes	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Kattalin	-	Basque
Beathan	-	Scottish