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cumshaws

noun

plural of cumshaw

as in bonuses

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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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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Now the preferences are changing, as the AI boom makes those working in the chip sector — flush with hefty bonuses — the new gems of the dating pool.

— Justina Lee,Lisa Kim, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Continue reading … BADGE DRAIN — Seattle axes $50K police bonuses while sitting hundreds of officers short.

— , FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has become central to a local corruption scandal, due to the conduct of civil servants who allegedly accepted bribes to grant exorbitant construction contracts for public work.

— News Desk, Artforum, 31 Aug. 2026
In another scheme, former Commerce City Manager Edgar Pascual Cisneros provided $45,000 in bribes to Pacheco to secure a permit for another marijuana company and was promised $235,000 as part of the deal, prosecutors said.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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The aging population has been a boon to healthcare real estate investment trusts, which also pay solid dividends.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Damascus’s challenge is to use the dividends from its newfound importance in regional trade to build functioning institutions, distribute resources for recovery, and overcome historical animosities.

— Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

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Investigators also found Chavez-DeRemer did not report the tickets, valued at approximately $100 a piece, as she was required to do, despite having completed ethics training explaining government policy on accepting gifts.

— Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Those gifts included rodeo tickets, an alligator wallet and two cowboy hats, according to the report.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

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