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Word: flage (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tons more is en route. But corruption is commonplace among the local relief agencies that give out the supplies. In one town political bosses pocketed a flat 25% from each man's 30?. In other areas the government farmed out relief projects to private contractors who paid off flage-lados in unwanted goods, e.g., hair oil, then bought it back at half price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: The Dry Whip | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

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