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backhander [ˈbækˌhændə] N

1. backhander:

backhander

2. backhander:

backhander

3. backhander Brit sl:

backhander

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
But she was unlucky to see her brilliant backhander thud against the upright and curve out of play late in the first half.
www.thehindu.com
If the film offers an overt comment on the war, it's as a backhander to those back home.
www.3aw.com.au
Since the character's debut in 1995, his corruption had steadily grown, taking backhanders from suspects, making deals with dodgy criminals, and getting himself immersed into the underworld of crime.
en.wikipedia.org
From the very outset, there were reports of backhanders and corruption.
www.dailymail.co.uk
While wind power gets all the subsidies and backhanders it could possibly want, nuclear power has been left in the lurch.
www.spiked-online.com
It took two hours of frankly terrifying negotiations and a 200-peso backhander to get us through the turnstiles.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Government ministers in the third-world habitually accept backhanders for contracts or break, arbitrarily, agreements to pocket sums acquired in the interim between agreement and performance.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Local ward leaders sit atop this intricate web of graft and backhanders like poisonous spiders.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
And if any of these offences happens to be noted by the cops, a simple backhander of 50-100 rupees keeps everybody happy.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
There are people taking backhanders left right and centre.
www.heraldscotland.com

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