Thesaurus results for CUMSHAW

cumshaw

noun

ˈkəm-ˌshȯ

Definition of cumshaw

as in bonus

something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed the clerk at Calcutta airport was clearly angling for a little cumshaw on the side

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as in bribe

something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision the captain slipped the customs official his customary cumshaw at the Port of Shanghai

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Flora’s signing bonus was nearly a million less than the slot value of $8,988,400, meaning that San Francisco will have more money to use to sign other players in this year’s draft class.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
The roomy fit is also a welcome bonus if your feet tend to swell after hours of sightseeing.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026

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Last week, a Chinese court sentenced a municipal official in Nanjing to death for accepting bribes worth a staggering $325 million, one of the biggest hauls ever.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
Investigators in New York also obtained detailed ledgers of the gang’s bribe payments, which were referenced extensively in the Rocha indictment.

— Tim Golden, ProPublica, 13 July 2026

Definition of bribe

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For example, a dividend must be calculated, withheld correctly and paid to the shareholder.

— Mike Cahill, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Combined with a strong dividend and a balance sheet with $50 billion in cash, TM offers an unusually attractive mix of value, quality and upside potential.

— Tony Zhang, CNBC, 22 July 2026

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Staff visit mothers in the hospital, bring small gifts to celebrate their new babies, conduct developmental screenings and connect families with evaluations or services when needed.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
The gift is the latest step in an aggressive national expansion that has the 153-year-old university opening a New York City campus this fall, planning a graduate campus in West Palm Beach, and building a quantum-computing institute in Chattanooga.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 July 2026

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