kickback

Example Sentences

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During his time as a Rio legislator he was accused of involvement in a kickback scheme in which he took a portion of his aides' salaries, but the case was dismissed.

From Barron's

Prosecutors alleged the owners of the two centers paid illegal kickbacks to parents and billed for services never delivered, collecting $20 million in Medicaid payments.

From The Wall Street Journal

The plan includes a pledge to remove "kickbacks" to middlemen.

From BBC

There, she wrote about marketing and Madison Avenue, including a series of stories about allegations of kickbacks in the media-buying business.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under a 1975 federal law called the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, steering consumers into certain mortgages in exchange for a fee or a kickback is illegal.

From MarketWatch