In the Middle East or southwest Asia: a bribe or tip.
the complex Oriental etiquette which under the name of “baksheesh” calls for lavish remuneration and bribes, rudely demanded but ever so graciously accepted by the natives in return for little or no services rendered.
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(military slang) A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment.
We see the immense, massive granite sarcophagi which had contained the embalmed mummies of the worshipped animals, coming out of this labyrinth, we pay our backsheesh, remount our donkeys and return to the automobile.
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(ambitransitive) To bribe with a baksheesh.
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