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baksheesh

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Definition of baksheesh

as in bribe

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Recent Examples of baksheesh That’s a pretty sweet deal, even if the Trumps aren’t directly entitled to any of the fund’s baksheesh. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2026 For Bondi to bless this Qatari sheikh's big bad Boeing baksheesh is another not so funny joke in a long line this year. — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025 In Syria, this would have taken days if not weeks, and would have required considerable baksheesh (bribes), which necessarily accompanies every government task big and small. — Firmin Debrabander, The New Republic, 7 Nov. 2022 In Cairo baksheesh is the simplest way to cut through the airport’s tangle of red tape. — The Economist, 29 June 2019

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The promise drew bipartisan criticism, with some even calling the idea a potential bribe.

— Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Less than two decades later, the bond was tested by a scandal known as the XYZ Affair, in which France’s foreign minister, Talleyrand, demanded bribes from American envoys to Paris.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of bribe

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Buying a $20 lottery ticket is optimistic, but the payoff was 100,000 times that amount for a Gaston County woman, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Private investors can sometimes trade their shares, but the market is less liquid, with the payoff coming when a company is sold, taken public, or raises a new round of funding.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of payoff

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The rollback of standards is a sop to industry at the expense of air quality, public health and the climate.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
The sound can feel dense, but never overloaded — and there are certainly no obvious sops to commerciality here.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of sop

Noun

New discoveries matter only if companies have the incentive and capital to bring them to market.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Some may question whether these procedures are used too often, whether the evidence supporting them is strong enough, or whether financial incentives influence their use.

— Antje M. Barreveld, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

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