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backhander
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Fifty pounds has already gone in backhanders to the guys in the security office. ▪ Perhaps the landlord's getting a backhander from the estate agent. ▪ There's some suggestion that a backhander was involved. EXAMPLES FROM ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards. 2 A blow with the back of the hand. 3 (context informal English) A bribe. 4 (cx racquet sports English) A shot played backhand.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Backhander \Back"hand`er\, n. A backhanded blow.
Usage examples of backhander.
I'm thinking that if maybe there was some kind of agreement drawn up, and you can't trust bishops or builders to give a backhander just on the strength of a handshake, then Waiter Stone will have it at his house.
They were ageing and ordinary, the kind that passed each MOT with a backhander to a friendly mechanic.
I wheeled sideways with a wide backhander, fell against the low chair and caught its shoulder-spike deep in the ribs.
I'd been keeping his extremely dubious private habits under wraps through some inventive PR and heavy backhanders where they would do the most good, but stories kept getting out anyway.
It was the one criterion which could never be corroded by backhanders or political pressure.