"
Baksheesh" is a mystery following Kati Hirschel, a Turkish wife of a powerful lawyer who runs a store specializing in mystery books.
As the American minister in Sofia commented, "The French action has been generally interpreted as
baksheesh and has created rather an unfavorable reaction than otherwise." (107) Similar problems arose with the terms of a French contract in Bulgaria.
Guaranteed wages, certified food supplies and vast subsidies are all doled out like
baksheesh from our overlords, who want to build a more equitable society.
Originally a southern rock band, the
Baksheesh Boys quickly added classic rock tunes to its set list.
Well start with
Baksheesh. According to Google,
Baksheesh is part and parcel of the culture in the Middle East, as many off-plan apartment buyers have found to their cost from greedy project owners.
Have you heard the term "
baksheesh?" I first came across it in the early 1970s when I worked for an editor with contacts in the Middle East.
Benefits like this are an entitlement, not
baksheesh from our political masters.
Demand for rifles in Afghanistan--both official and unofficial--was never-ending and the aforementioned dealers were only too happy to evade British, Persian and Russian border agents (with the help of a little
baksheesh) to satisfy this demand.
I found the
Baksheesh culture in Egypt disruptive in politics, tourism, and economics ...