| VERB | possession | kick back | pay a kickback |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | kick back, recoil, kick | spring back, as from a forceful thrust |
| Meaning | pay a kickback; make an illegal payment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
| Spanish | sobornar | |
| Nouns | kickback | a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction |
| Meaning | spring back, as from a forceful thrust. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | recoil, kick | |
| Broader | bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet | spring back |
| Spanish | retroceder | |
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