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backhander /ˈbakhandə /noun1A blow made with the back of the hand: shut up, or I’ll give you a backhander 1.1A backhand stroke or shot in a game: Hunter flipped in a backhander...- All of these tactics can work, just as a slap shot, a snap shot, a wrist shot or a backhander will work in the right situation.
- Gathering the puck, he sent a backhander past the goalie, tying the game.
- There was no hesitation, as there has been with so many other shooters, before he fired a backhander behind the goalie.
2British informal A secret and illegal payment; a bribe: a fortune had been paid in backhanders to local officials...- The problem is not just the bribes and the backhanders, it is the way political parties are financed through private donations.
- Detectives are investigating a senior figure at the Council following claims that the official received backhanders from companies which operated local council contracts.
- His payment for the information he provided was modest, as backhanders go: a small truck.
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