1. A translator interpreted the gesture . " Baksheesh makes the world go round ." 2. The baksheesh has forced refugees to pay police for the right to flee their homes. 3. "Baksheesh ? " she begged, using the Dari word for tip. 4. Crooked cops, baksheesh and so on. 5. New Yorkers rarely feel shame in openly admitting their fondness for baksheesh and all it buys. 6. Baksheesh ? "-- meaning " gift "-- are heard everywhere.7. If this makes you uneasy, think about distributing a little preemptive baksheesh as a goodwill gesture. 8. I received a lesson in the dynamics of baksheesh during a trip to Asia six years ago. 9. Durant's three B's are bureaucracy, banditry, and baksheesh , or corruption. 10. Rules didn't stop him, or half-baked bureaucracies or baksheesh demanded by blackmailers.
