Meaning of backscratching | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or habit of engaging in a reciprocal beneficial action.
   countable, uncountable
2. Such behavior that is corrupt.
   countable, often, uncountable

Examples

“Near-synonym: logrolling”

“She babysits the kids, and we mow her lawn. A little backscratching never hurt anybody!”

“You have to "tip" the inspector if you want a license in this town. Too much backscratching around here!”

“They discovered a citation ring: a group of researchers citing one another inordinately. This backscratching aimed to inflate their article-level metrics and author-level metrics.”

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