Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fakelaki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fake-la-ki
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An envelope containing cash, offered as a bribe in Greece.

Example Sentences

"Various forms of corruption permeated the system, where cash gifts in fakelaki or ‘little envelopes’ were a fact of life, and where, crucially, the rich regarded paying tax as something that only the poor and stupid would ever choose to do."
"But Greek tax officials are rumored to be notoriously easy to bribe with a fakelaki (small envelope) of cash."
"Specific cases have been rumored to demand up to $4,000 as a fakelaki."

Etymology

From Greek φακελάκι (fakeláki, “little envelope”).

Origin

Source language: Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: φακελάκι

Inflected Forms

fakelakia (plural) fakellaki (alternative)

Questions

What does fakelaki mean?: An envelope containing cash, offered as a bribe in Greece.
Where does fakelaki come from?: It is traced to Greek.

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