"A cumpăra alegerile este o infracțiune."

Translation: To buy the elections is a crime.

[KevinSmith777042]

To buy votes is a crime, "to buy the elections" is not a phrase used in English.

[crbratu]

Same in Romanian. "A cumpăra voturi" is the normal way of saying it. If you want to use "elections" then you might say "A truca alegerile"

[David-Herron]

I'm not sure I agree. Try the phrase "the best election money can buy" in a search engine, and you see multiple articles and a book with that title.

[Abidaga]

I'd suggest that "To buy elections is a crime" is natural English, but "To buy the elections is a crime" is not natural English.

[David-Herron]

That's a good point

[Abidaga]

"To buy THE elections" - "To buy ELECTIONS" surely? eg Does Money Buy Elections? https://medium.com/illumination/does-money-buy-elections-24b718745560