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Recent Examples of baksheesh
For Bondi to bless this Qatari sheikh's big bad Boeing baksheesh is another not so funny joke in a long line this year.
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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
Mr. Trump was a chieftain demonstrating his potency with a flourish of baksheesh.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2016
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
Mr. Trump was a chieftain demonstrating his potency with a flourish of baksheesh.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baksheesh
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Anderson finished up her stretch in federal prison for accepting $7,000 in bribes last November.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Benjamin Yarbrough, 48, is charged with accepting a bribe, a felony, according to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Straight‑A report cards have never been more common for America’s teens—but the payoff is not what parents think.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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The payoff for the rough and tumble pickup games came via D1 offers for both Jeremy and Jeremiah (and a first-round draft pick to the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans for Jeremiah).—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This was seen as a sop to the luxury sector of manufacturers like Ferrari, Aston Martin, Volkswagen’s Bentley and Lamborghini.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Schwartzman, though, is comic gold as an inappropriate inlaw while Sessa brightens things up as a broken-hearted sop who insinuates himself with all the elan of a Lab puppy into the neighbor’s next door household.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In this environment, there is little incentive for Netanyahu to push up the election date, said Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, a Jerusalem think tank.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Air Pollution Control Exemption Act allows the State Tax Commission to provide incentives for companies that add pollution control equipment to their operations.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The feel of heaving the Mini’s wheel through tight corners, occasionally fighting kickback from the wide tires, gives way to a newfound finesse.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2026
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Star Autism Center then used monthly cash kickback payments to parents who enrolled their children, contingent on the services that DHS authorized a child to receive.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Baksheesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baksheesh. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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