uang pelumas
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== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From uang (“money”) + pelumas (“grease”), from calque of Dutch smeergeld (“graft, bribe”, literally “to grease + money”).
=== Noun ===
uang pelumas (plural uang-uang pelumas)
(figurative, colloquial) graft, bribe
Synonyms: uang pelicin, uang semir
Synonyms: suap, sogokan
=== Further reading ===
“uang pelumas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016