buy one's way

Stuff also noted the shortcomings of a system like Evony's where one could essentially buy one's way through the game.

'Can one still buy one's way into Parliament?'

One could not buy one's way into the Fifty, no matter how limitless was the pile of credits one could dip into.

Big investors play one market against another, believing - until the market brutally teaches them otherwise - that it is possible to buy one's way out of risk.

[...] If influence were sufficient currency to buy one's way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Wire would be a contender.

Then there are the reliable reasons for giving, ranging from pure altruism to raw egotism, from social climbing to a desire to buy one's way into heaven (about 40 percent of charitable contributions go to religious organizations).

Catholic theology has received criticism for its emphasis on good works, or the performing of deeds that genuinely help others in accordance with the revealed good, but in truth good works are simply an outgrowth of faith and love rather than being a means to "buy one's way to Heaven".