in the pay of
US /ɪn ðə ˈpeɪ ʌv/
・UK /in ðə ˈpei ɔv/
B2
prep.PrepositionReceiving money regularly from an employer or for secret work.
He was in the pay of a rival company secretly.
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Part 7 - A Tale of Two Cities Audiobook by Charles Dickens (Book 03, Chs 08-11) !
- Barsad, still in the pay of the aristocratic English government, is the spy of Pitt, the treacherous foe of the Republic, crouching in its bosom, the English traitor, an agent of all mischief so much spoken of and so difficult to find.
Barsad, still in the pay of the aristocratic English government, is the spy of Pitt, the treacherous foe of the Republic, crouching in its bosom, the English traitor, an agent of all mischief so much spoken of and so difficult to find.