baksheeshs

noun

plural of baksheesh
as in payoffs

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  1. payoffs
  2. bribes
  3. sops
  4. incentives
  5. stimuli
  6. backhanders
Noun
  • According to an indictment, the pitchers accepted several thousand dollars in payoffs to help two gamblers from their native Dominican Republic win at least $460,000 on in-game prop bets on the speed and outcome of certain pitches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • There was limited documentary evidence of Diamantis’ attempt to extort payoffs from Roy and CAP, the prosecutors said, and without her cooperation and testimony, conviction on those counts would have been difficult.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of payoffs
Noun
  • Text messages between Diamantis and his daughter suggest there may have been a more concrete plan to pay bribes than Roy has admitted.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 30 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 bribes
Noun
  • 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 sops
Noun
  • The fund plans to acquire stakes in audiovisual companies and provide financing for individual productions, including participatory loans tied to presales, distribution agreements and tax incentives, as well as gap financing.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Check whether individual and departmental incentives support the company’s broader objectives or encourage people to optimize at one another’s expense.
    — Dr. Nore Salman, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of incentives
Noun
  • Visual stimuli produced more activity in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers have studied how certain facial and auricular stimuli interact with parasympathetic activity.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of stimuli
Noun
  • Kane’s backhanders have been replaced by Bedard’s one-timers.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • His mining deals in Congo, NGOs alleged, relied on schemes like kickbacks and backhanders.
    — Nicolas Niarchos, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of backhanders
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