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Explore Backhanders through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Backhanders in a sentence

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Backhanders | Backhander

Backhanders meaning

plural of backhander

Using Backhanders

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of backhander

Context around Backhanders

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

scale 1×

Sentence patterns with Backhanders

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

large scale backhanders to officials 1× lies and backhanders and payoffs 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a big system 1× airbus admitted to 1×

Common sentence endings:

high value contracts 1× of political world 1×

Words around Backhanders

Just before it in the word index:

backhander 13 backhanded 32 backhand 212 backgrounds 986 backgrounding 5 backgrounder 5

Just after it in the word index:

backhanding 2 backhands 9 backhaul 27 backhauls 2 backhaus 3 backheel 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Backhanders

  • In this selection, "backhanders" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, scale stand out and add context to how "backhanders" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include large scale backhanders to officials and lies and backhanders and payoffs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "backhanders" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with backhanders

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Airbus admitted to five counts of failing to prevent bribery, using a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries, including Ghana, to land high-value contracts. (33 words)

A big system that's built on lies and backhanders and payoffs and hush money and political pressure and all that kind of murky stuff that's the glue to that sort of political world. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

A big system that's built on lies and backhanders and payoffs and hush money and political pressure and all that kind of murky stuff that's the glue to that sort of political world. (35 words)

Airbus admitted to five counts of failing to prevent bribery, using a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries, including Ghana, to land high-value contracts. (33 words)

Example sentences (2)

A big system that's built on lies and backhanders and payoffs and hush money and political pressure and all that kind of murky stuff that's the glue to that sort of political world.

Airbus admitted to five counts of failing to prevent bribery, using a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries, including Ghana, to land high-value contracts.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "backhanders" in a sentence?
An example: "A big system that's built on lies and backhanders and payoffs and hush money and political pressure and all that kind of murky stuff that's the glue to that sort of political world." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "backhanders" from authentic English texts.
What does "backhanders" mean?
Backhanders means: plural of backhander
How many example sentences with "backhanders" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "backhanders", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.