baksheesh in a sentence

Examples

1. It was government by " baksheesh " and " wasta " _ tips and influence.
2. Most of them wander the city, their hands outstretched asking for " baksheesh, " or money.
3. For his part, Alfonse Jean, 40, a taxi driver, is still puzzling over New York standard baksheesh.
4. Bleibtreu said the Germany of the future might become a land where " nothing is achieved without baksheesh ."
5. It used to be said that with the right " baksheesh, " anything could be done in Lebanon.
6. We place strong moral connotations on the difference between, say, a tip and a bribe, but baksheesh knows no such subtleties.
7. But any place will do where official record-keeping is slipshod, civil servants earn survival wages and baksheesh is a cultural hallmark.
8. In different contexts " baksheesh " may mean a tip, a bribe, a kickback, a charitable contribution or an extortion.
9. Since " baksheesh " is a way of life in Egypt, it seems little can be done to stop vote-buying.
10. Is it cynical to suspect that their interest in American democracy may not be as intense as their interest in the baksheesh dispensed by Congress and presidents?