outduel, baksheesh, stench, backhandler, backhanded

Britney Spears was slapped by the San Antonio Spurs' director of team security Damian Smith when she approached Victor Wembanyama at a restaurant.

...Dragonslayer'' for performing feats of a mere mortal. No, for Josh Fogg, the Colorado Rockies' back-end starter, he had to outduel such opposing pitchers as Roy Oswalt and Brandon Webb, Chris Young and Derek Lowe. The legend could have grown in Game 3...

baksheesh, stench, backhandler

The Siemens scandal

Bavarian baksheesh

Dec 17th 2008 | BERLIN
From The Economist print edition

The stench of bribery at Siemens signals a wider rot in Europe

WHEN Siemens, Europe’s biggest engineering firm, adopted the slogan “be inspired” in the mid-1990s, bribery was not what it had in mind. But no one can accuse its managers of lacking inspiration when it came to devising novel ways to funnel huge sums in backhanders to corrupt officials and politicians across the globe.


stench Noun
1 [C usually singular] a strong unpleasant smell:
the stench of rotting fish/burning rubber/cigarette smoke
an overpowering stench

2 [S] LITERARY a bad effect that follows an unpleasant event or situation and is noticeable for a long time:
For some time after the minister's resignation, the stench of scandal hung over the government.

baksheesh
n., pl. baksheesh.
A gratuity, tip, or bribe paid to expedite service, especially in some Near Eastern countries.

[Persian bakhshish, present, from Middle Persian bakhshishn, from bakhshīdan, bakhsh-, to give presents, from Avestan bakhsh-.]

backhandler

n. - 反手一擊, 回扣, 追加的一杯, 賄賂

(Japanese)
n. - バックハンドの打撃, 心付け, 賄賂, 逆手打ち

outduel


out-
Main Entry:
out-
Function:
prefix
Etymology:
1out
: in a manner that exceeds or surpasses and sometimes overpowers or defeats