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Tea money

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bribe, especially for facilitating a business dealing. Myanmar, Thailand, regional, slang, uncountable

    "Low-ranking officers in Thailand’s 200,000-strong police force are poorly paid and are infamous for topping up salaries with "tea money" for everything from minor driving offences to serious crimes."

Etymology

Calque of Burmese လက်ဖက်ရည်ဖိုး (lakhpak-ranyhpui:, “tea money”) likely.

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