łapówka — meaning in English

English meaning

• bribe noun Money or a favor given to someone to influence their decision dishonestly.
• kickback noun A secret, illegal payment made in return for helping arrange a deal or contract — a type of bribe.

Senses

łapówka is used for these senses in English:

• bribe The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
• grease payment (chiefly, US, idiomatic, business, legal, ethics) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
• lubrication payment (idiomatic, business, ethics, euphemism) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
• pay-off (informal) A bribe.

bribe — full definition

1. noun Money or a favor given to someone to influence their decision dishonestly.
2. verb To offer someone money or a favor to influence them dishonestly.

kickback — full definition

1. noun A secret, illegal payment made in return for helping arrange a deal or contract — a type of bribe.
2. noun A sudden, forceful backward jerk of a tool or machine, such as a saw blade catching and snapping back toward the operator.

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