backhanders
Under-the-table money
Backhanders are bribes or illicit payments, especially to officials or people in positions of power: The contract went to whoever paid the biggest backhanders.
The term is primarily British.
A backhander can also be a backhand stroke in tennis or a blow delivered with the back of the hand.
Culminating benefit received
- graftIllicit political gain
- under-the-tableSecret and unofficial
- sweetenerAdditive reducing bitterness
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
inducement · palm-greasing · envelope · baksheesh · schmear · boodle · bung · grease
Illicit political gain
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- extortionObtaining through threats
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
fraud · racketeering · malfeasance · misappropriation · venality · dishonesty · payola · skimming
Portion cut off
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- returnGo back again
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
one-handed · two-handed · topspin · crosscourt · winner · rally · groundstroke
payoff
Culminating benefit received
- graftIllicit political gain
- under-the-tableSecret and unofficial
- sweetenerAdditive reducing bitterness
kickback · inducement · palm-greasing · envelope · baksheesh · schmear · boodle · bung · grease · sop
graft
Illicit political gain
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- extortionObtaining through threats
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
cronyism · fraud · racketeering · malfeasance · misappropriation · venality · dishonesty · payola · skimming · bid-rigging
slice
Portion cut off
stroke · one-handed · two-handed · topspin · crosscourt · winner · rally · groundstroke
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- backhanded complimentPraise that subtly insults
- backhanded remarksInsults disguised as praise