Brown envelope

🇳🇬 Nigeria
Added August 02, 2025
TOP DEFINITION
Refers to an unofficial cash payment (often a bribe or "thank you") given discreetly. It comes from the practice of handing over cash in an envelope. Common in politics and journalism ("brown envelope journalism" = bribed reporting).
"The reporter refused the brown envelope and reported the truth. (English, meaning "The reporter refused to be bribed and told the truth.")"
by Khulekani Dladla August 02, 2025
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