英语词汇“palm-greasing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

palm-greasing

noun [mass noun] informal

Bribery used to secure illicit advantages or gains in politics or business: after considerable palm-greasing, the plan for a commercial building was approved...

In the initial phase of their ascent on the ladder of material prosperity they had indulged in some palm-greasing themselves.
Ever since the scandal of extensive palm-greasing to secure the winter Games for Salt Lake City, the Olympic process has been hardened up.
Much of the corruption takes the form of bureaucratic palm-greasing, with clerks demanding small bribes to stamp forms or police officers at checkpoints requiring truck drivers to pay to enter cities.

单词	palm-greasing
释义	palm-greasing noun [mass noun] informal Bribery used to secure illicit advantages or gains in politics or business: after considerable palm-greasing, the plan for a commercial building was approved... In the initial phase of their ascent on the ladder of material prosperity they had indulged in some palm-greasing themselves. Ever since the scandal of extensive palm-greasing to secure the winter Games for Salt Lake City, the Olympic process has been hardened up. Much of the corruption takes the form of bureaucratic palm-greasing, with clerks demanding small bribes to stamp forms or police officers at checkpoints requiring truck drivers to pay to enter cities.
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