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Rake-off

Rake-off, means a percentage or share taken, especially from an illegal transaction; an illegal bribe, payoff, or skimming of profits, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1266.

Particeps criminis

Particeps criminis, an unwilling or forced bribe-giver, may not even be stigmatized as an accomplice in the strict sense of the term of particeps criminis,

Med-sceat

Med-sceat, a bribe; hush-money, Anc. Inst. Eng

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Manche-present

Manche-present, a bribe; a present from the donor's own hand.

Key money

in the first sense is a legal transaction; Key money in the second sense is usu. an illegal bribe that violates housing laws. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 873.

Initialia testimonii

he bore ill-will to either of them, or had been prompted what to say, or had received any bribe, Bell's Law Dict. It is somewhat similar to our voir dire

Embraceor

the (English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50), s. 62]. Termes de la Ley. The bribe giver in the offence of embracery, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 540.

pay off

off 1 : to pay (a debt or credit) in full [the loan was paid off] 2 : bribe

Corruptly

whether or not the offeror intended to follow it through, R. v. Smith, (1960) 2 QB 423. See BRIBE AND ELECTION PETITIONS; and con-sult Archbold, Crim. Pleading and Practice, tit, 'Corrupt, etc., Practices at Elections,' and Fraser

kickback

open up or control a source of income for the payor [convicted of receiving s for referrals] compare bribe, payoff NOTE: A kickback is specifically a payment for income received or to be received. The word is

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