Wat (wie) is BAKSHEESH - definitie

A SMALL BRIBE

Bakshish; Backshish; Backsheesh; Baksheesh system; Bakshish system; Bakshshish-system; Bucksheesh

Baksheesh

·noun ·Alt. of Bakshish.

baksheesh

[bak'?i:?]

¦ noun (in parts of the Middle and Far East and the Indian subcontinent) a small sum of money given as alms, a tip, or a bribe.

Origin

based on Pers. ba?sis, from ba?sidan 'give'.

Backsheesh

·noun ·Alt. of Backshish.

Wikipedia

Baksheesh

Baksheesh or bagsheesh (from Persian: بخشش bakhshesh) is tipping, charitable giving, and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South Asia.

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Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor BAKSHEESH

1. From its inception, this smoothing involved baksheesh.

2. He was openly taking bribes – or baksheesh from taxi drivers.

3. That‘ll be $20 "baksheesh". Want to clear customs quickly, no questions asked?

4. I‘d got word that they were looking to extract some ‘»baksheesh» – a bribe – from me.

5. I thought I was finally finished with the baksheesh‘‘ but I was wrong.