as in exchange
a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another
in politics nobody does something for nothing: there's always a quid pro quo involved
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Recent Examples of quid pro quo
At the center of the uproar surrounding the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss criminal charges against Mayor Eric Adams is a single Latin phrase: quid pro quo.
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Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Sassoon and others have suggested that the DOJ and Adams have engaged in a quid pro quo in which the department agrees to drop the criminal case in exchange for Adams cooperating with the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
—Dan Mangan,tom Winter, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
The quid pro quo that Sasson was referring to was the idea that Adams had agreed to comply with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies in New York City in exchange for the case being dismissed.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
That effort, which Democrats referred to as a quid pro quo, was the basis of Trump's first impeachment in 2019.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Sassoon and others have suggested that the DOJ and Adams have engaged in a quid pro quo in which the department agrees to drop the criminal case in exchange for Adams cooperating with the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
—Dan Mangan,tom Winter, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
The quid pro quo that Sasson was referring to was the idea that Adams had agreed to comply with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies in New York City in exchange for the case being dismissed.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
That effort, which Democrats referred to as a quid pro quo, was the basis of Trump's first impeachment in 2019.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Quid pro quo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quid%20pro%20quo. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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