backscratching — İngilizce Sözlük

İsim

1. The act or habit of engaging in a reciprocal beneficial action.

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   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   logrolling

   Örnekler

   Near-synonym: logrolling

   She babysits the kids, and we mow her lawn. A little backscratching never hurt anybody!

2. The act or habit of engaging in a reciprocal beneficial action. Such behavior that is corrupt.

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   • often
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   You have to "tip" the inspector if you want a license in this town. Too much backscratching around here!

   Diğer örnekler (1)

   They discovered a citation ring: a group of researchers citing one another inordinately. This backscratching aimed to inflate their article-level metrics and author-level metrics.