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Ajay · 07-18-2008

The proper slang word for a bribe in Panama is MORDIDA (bite).
I grew up in California, and wouldn't have dreamed of bribing a cop. However, when I moved to Chicago in the 1960's, the police actually solicited bribes. It took me a couple of tickets before I learned this. In fact, I was going to have my license suspended. So I BRIBED THE JUDGE. A friend of mine was going to have his license revoked and serve a jail term for repeated DUI, but he got off by paying the judge $500.
It's tempting to pay police mordidas, but that makes you part of the downward-spiraling corruption problem.

07-18-2008	#49 (permalink)
Ajay Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	The proper slang word for a bribe in Panama is MORDIDA (bite). I grew up in California, and wouldn't have dreamed of bribing a cop. However, when I moved to Chicago in the 1960's, the police actually solicited bribes. It took me a couple of tickets before I learned this. In fact, I was going to have my license suspended. So I BRIBED THE JUDGE. A friend of mine was going to have his license revoked and serve a jail term for repeated DUI, but he got off by paying the judge $500. It's tempting to pay police mordidas, but that makes you part of the downward-spiraling corruption problem.