Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

bent lawyers

Portuguese translation:

advogados desonestos

Added to glossary by airmailrpl
Sep 19, 2004 20:54
19 yrs ago
English term

bent lawyers

Non-PRO English to Portuguese Other Other
Full details of: a bent lawyer on the take

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Sep 24, 2004:
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advogados desonestos

bent lawyers

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Note added at 2 hrs 57 mins (2004-09-19 23:51:53 GMT)
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In smaller towns, the mayor and councilors are known to their neighbors. Voters can see who’s \'on the take\'. They notice the councilor trading up his car, the official’s wife with new jewelry, the mayor building himself a swimming pool.
http://www.amcham.com.br/revista/revista2004-07-22b/materia2...

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Note added at 3 hrs 1 min (2004-09-19 23:55:25 GMT)
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EWS : List To Prove 2Pac Is Alive
... 6. Las Vegas is a payoff city, meaning all sorts of folks have been known to be on the take. That means doctors, press, lawyers, etc. (This works both ways... ...
www.ewsonline.com/2pac/alive.html

[PDF] On the Take:
... “On the Take” -- Central and East European Attitudes Toward Corruption 1 Corruption in ... by low-level officials, university personnel, doctors and lawyers. ...
www1.oecd.org/daf/nocorruptionweb/pdf/OnTake.pdf
Peer comment(s):

agree Claudio Mazotti
3 mins
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agree Céline Godinho
10 mins
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agree Susanne Rindlisbacher
48 mins
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agree Sonia Heidemann
1 day 10 hrs
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50 mins

advogados corruptos

outra hipótese
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agree Aoife Kennedy
10 hrs
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