cold drink money
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Noun[edit]
cold drink money (uncountable)
- (slang, South Africa) a small bribe
- 2023 April 20, “How to ask for a bribe without asking for a bribe”, in The Economist[1]:
- In South Africa such requests are so common that bribes for driving offences are known as “cold drink money”.
- 2019 July 26, “Taxi driver nabbed for offering a R70 ‘cold drink’ bribe”, in BusinessTech[2]:
- The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has welcomed a court judgment that found a Pretoria taxi driver guilty for trying to bribe a traffic officer with R70 ‘cold drink money’.