Meaning of fakelaki | Babel Free

Definitions

An envelope containing cash, offered as a bribe in Greece.

Examples

“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.”

“But Greek tax officials are rumored to be notoriously easy to bribe with a fakelaki (small envelope) of cash.”

“Specific cases have been rumored to demand up to $4,000 as a fakelaki.”

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