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Examples
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Talleyrand… English pounds… Could the bribe—the “pot-de-vin”—come from the French government?
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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No, but he demands payment—a pot-de-vin—from the Americans before he will speak.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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No, but he demands payment—a pot-de-vin—from the Americans before he will speak.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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No, but he demands payment—a pot-de-vin—from the Americans before he will speak.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“Hottinguer assures us that when one is in France one must learn to…” To drink a pot-de-vin?
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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Talleyrand… English pounds… Could the bribe—the “pot-de-vin”—come from the French government?
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“Hottinguer assures us that when one is in France one must learn to…” To drink a pot-de-vin?
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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Talleyrand… English pounds… Could the bribe—the “pot-de-vin”—come from the French government?
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“Hottinguer assures us that when one is in France one must learn to…” To drink a pot-de-vin?
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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[238] The French term which I have ventured thus freely to translate is pot-de-vin, and literally signifies a sum of money given to a third party who is able to ensure the success of a bargain or negotiation of whatever nature.
The Life of Marie de Medicis Pardoe, Julia 1890
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