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A baksheesh is a term used for a bribe or tip in the Middle East, southwest Asia, and Eastern Europe.

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A baksheesh is a term used for a bribe or tip in the Middle East, southwest Asia, and Eastern Europe.

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Dishonesty or misconduct.

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It is most likely Arabic, but it could be Farsi. Whatever you have written is rather garbled or dialectic or both.

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Morally, of course not. Practically, that may be a different matter. Some countries expect policemen - and, indeed, all civil servants - to supplement their meager incomes by taking "baksheesh" (literally, "gracious gifts") from the public, kind of like tipping underpaid waitresses. Such "gifts" aren't considered bribes, but since the size of the baksheesh often determines whether or not the policeman will do his duty, it's hard for Westerners to tell the difference.

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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern -A---E--H. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter A and 6th letter E and 9th letter H. In alphabetical order, they are:

backbench

baksheesh

cailleach

dahabeeah

taoiseach

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