n. The use of money to wield unfair or unethical influence.
2016
The battle between Gawker and the tech titan Peter Thiel has made him look like a spiteful manipulator with a bully wallet.
2006 (earliest)
Beyond the specially designed signs that bear his name over the new tollway plazas, Blagojevich over the last two months has dispensed more than $100 million in grants for various purposes, ranging from bicycle paths and snowmobile trails to park improvements and new ethanol-processing facilities.