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backhander

 noun
     
back‧hand‧er [countable]
1DS a hit or shot that you do using the back of your hand
2SCC British English informal money that you pay illegally and secretly to get something done [= bribe]:
Investigators estimate that £35m had been spent on bribes and backhanders.
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