palm-greasing
Slipping someone money
Palm-greasing is the act of bribing someone, especially to smooth a transaction or secure a favor.
The image is of slipping money into someone's hand: A little palm-greasing got us past the velvet rope.
The term implies minor, routine corruption rather than large-scale graft.
Corrupt payment for influence
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- graftIllicit political gain
- backhanderSecret illicit payment
under-the-table · sweetener · dash · facilitator · envelope · inducement · consideration · fix
Making progress faster
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
- shortcutsQuicker methods or paths
- connectionsRelationships between things
networking · favors · influence · access · bureaucracy · permits · licenses · customs
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
backhander · under-the-table · sweetener · dash · facilitator · envelope · inducement · consideration · fix · buyoff
expediting
Making progress faster
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
- shortcutsQuicker methods or paths
connections · networking · favors · influence · access · bureaucracy · permits · licenses · customs · approval
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- payoffsbribe, kickback, payoff, payola, baksheesh
- influence peddlinginfluence peddling, backscratching, quid pro quo, kickbacks, payoffs
- schmoozingschmooze, schmoozing, hobnobbing, glad-handing, mingling
- politickingcampaigning, electioneering, lobbying, canvassing, stumping
palm-greasingintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
incorruptibility · honesty · ethical conduct · merit-based selection · fair dealing
palm-greasingcompetitive bidding
Rivals offering prices
public accountability · full disclosure · sunshine laws · public record · whistleblowing
palm, palms, palmed, palming, grease, greases, greased, greasing, greasy