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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "trah" (as in "tract") + "KEH" (as in "kept") + "roh" (as in "row")/
A corrupt official who demands bribes to do their job. In Venezuela, a matraquero will not process your paperwork, let you through a checkpoint, or do anything at all unless money changes hands. The name comes from "matraca," a noisy rattle: they keep making noise until you pay.
“That cop is a bribe-seeker, he always wants something for everything.”
“He had to pay off the corrupt official just to get his permit.”
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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "trah" (as in "tract") + "KEH" (as in "kept") + "roh" (as in "row")/
A corrupt official who demands bribes to do their job. In Venezuela, a matraquero will not process your paperwork, let you through a checkpoint, or do anything at all unless money changes hands. The name comes from "matraca," a noisy rattle: they keep making noise until you pay.
“That cop is a bribe-seeker, he always wants something for everything.”
“He had to pay off the corrupt official just to get his permit.”
Asu mare
A Peruvian exclamation of great surprise, amazement, or disbelief, a mild euphemism to avoid saying something stronger. It got even more popular with the hit movie of the same name.