to look after the needs of (a person or an animal)
(fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, literally
to feed; to raise; to rear (livestock)
verb, figuratively
to keep (a spy, lackey, etc.) in one's pay (syn.) 收买, 收買
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
（沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
尤其是县政府豢养的警察、警备队、差役这班恶狗，他们怕下乡，下乡也不敢再敲诈。
尤其是縣政府豢養的警察、警備隊、差役這班惡狗，他們怕下鄉，下鄉也不敢再敲詐。
yóu qí shì xiàn zhèng fǔ huàn yǎng de jǐng chá ， jǐng bèi duì ， chāi yì zhè bān è gǒu ， tā men pà xià xiāng ， xià xiāng yě bù gǎn zài qiāo zhà ．
In particular the vicious curs kept by the county government – the police, the armed guards and the bailiffs – are afraid of going to the villages, or if they do so, they no longer dare to practice their extortions.