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词汇 backhander
释义 backhander
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌbækˈhæn.dər/ us /ˌbækˈhæn.dɚ/
informal forbribe贿赂;收买(bribe的非正式说法)
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backhander | Business English


backhander
noun[ C ]
UKuk /ˌbækˈhændər/
informal
an illegal payment or gift that is given to a person, especially someone in authority, in order to get them to do something for you:
Governments pledged to make it a criminal offence to slip backhanders to officials of other countries to win contracts.
He was accused of taking backhanders.
See also
bribe

Examples of backhander


backhander
They probably also reckon that we all take backhanders.
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Suddenly, these people have become super-whizzkids and are worth a £1 million backhander.
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Against that background, it would be possible to slip the boys in, give the boys a backhander and slip them out again.
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It appears that the amendment was delivered as a backhander.
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That is about as moral as giving someone a backhander to steal their own family silver.
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It is a tax concession for the landed gentry, a backhander for the best-off.
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It was, of course, interlaced with one or two backhanders.
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It is corrupt not only because it gives backhanders—that occurs, too—but because there is a corruption of thought.
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They are the people who, year after year, have been getting the backhanders—getting the money out of their merit awards.
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Are they not a recipe for even more unsafe lorries and for bribery and backhanders from various operators in the road haulage business?
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They have been given a backhander, a sort of tip, of about £0·7 million for being good boys.
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It might perhaps be called the art of the backhander.
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It is a pretty wide backhander if we give it to every local authority.
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Why do we have to bribe the judge with a backhander on own resources?
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He said that all sorts of malpractices took place, including nepotism, favouritism, the giving of backhanders and so on.
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