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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (intransitive)] > practise bribery > accept bribes (3)
one's fingers are all thumbs1546

one's fingers are all thumbs and variants: one is clumsy, awkward, or lacking in manual dexterity. Cf. to be all fingers and thumbs at phrases 4q.

to eat fee piea1634

(in humorous phrase to eat fee pie ? to receive bribes).

mump1970

intransitive. British slang. Of a police officer: to accept a small gift or bribe in return for services (see quot. 1989).

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