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To take a bribe, specifically, the act of accepting or demanding a payoff. In Mexico, a mordida (bite) is the payment made to officials, police, or bureaucrats to make a problem disappear, and morder is the verb for that transaction.
“El policía me quiso morder pero me negué a darle.”
“The cop tried to get a bribe from me but I refused to pay.”
“At that office you have to bribe them to get your permit.”
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/Sounds like "mohr" (as in "more") + "DEHR" (as in "debt")/
To take a bribe, specifically, the act of accepting or demanding a payoff. In Mexico, a mordida (bite) is the payment made to officials, police, or bureaucrats to make a problem disappear, and morder is the verb for that transaction.
“El policía me quiso morder pero me negué a darle.”
“The cop tried to get a bribe from me but I refused to pay.”
“At that office you have to bribe them to get your permit.”
Enchufado
Someone who got a job, privilege or position through connections rather than merit. In Mexico and Spain an enchufado is plugged in, it's not what you know but who you know.