uang pelicin

Indonesian

Etymology

From uang (“money”) +‎ pelicin (“to make run smoothly”), from calque of Dutch smeergeld (“graft, bribe”, literally “to grease + money”).

Noun

uang pelicin (first-person possessive uang pelicinku, second-person possessive uang pelicinmu, third-person possessive uang pelicinnya)

1. (figurative, colloquial) graft, bribe

   Synonyms: uang pelumas, uang semir

   Synonyms: suap, sogokan

Further reading

• “uang pelicin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.