kickback
Example Sentences
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Participants allegedly capitalized on a martial-law ban on lawsuits against important state entities by demanding kickbacks before contractors received payment for their work.
Nearly two dozen people were originally charged in Trinidad, including a former prime minister, his wife and an ex Cabinet minister accused of receiving kickbacks from a local businessman.
From Seattle Times
The Delhi government withdrew the policy after a top bureaucrat accused Mr. Sisodia of receiving “kickbacks” and “commissions” that were used to finance election campaigns.
From New York Times
It is alleged that they then diverted them to the Icelandic fishing company Samherji in return for kickbacks.
From BBC
Prosecutors said he accepted a $60,000 kickback — delivered in a luxury Ferragamo handbag — in exchange for getting the union to invest in the hedge fund.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
