fakelaki
fakelaki noun: an envelope containing cash, offered as a bribe in Greece.
Noun
fakelaki (plural fakelakia)
- An envelope containing cash, offered as a bribe in Greece.
- Various forms of corruption permeated the system, where cash gifts in fakelaki or ‘little envelopes’ were a fact of life, and where, crucially, the rich regarded paying tax as something that only the poor and stupid would ever choose to do.2011, John Lanchester, Once Greece goes…
- But Greek tax officials are rumored to be notoriously easy to bribe with a fakelaki (small envelope) of cash.2013, Michael G. Pento, The Coming Bond Market Collapse
Forms of fakelaki
| plural | fakelakia |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fakellaki |
Origin of fakelaki
From Greek φακελάκι (fakeláki, “little envelope”).
Questions about fakelaki
- What does fakelaki mean?
- Fakelaki means an envelope containing cash, offered as a bribe in Greece.
- What part of speech is fakelaki?
- Fakelaki is a noun.
- What is the plural of fakelaki?
- The plural of fakelaki is fakelakia.
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