page_title: Baksheesh
hierarchical_section_title: Baksheesh
caption_attribution_description: It's hard to take the local cops seriously when they take bribes for photos!
context_page_description: Baksheesh or bagsheesh is tipping, charitable giving, and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South Asia.
context_section_description: Baksheesh or bagsheesh (from Persian: بخشش‎ bakhshesh) is tipping, charitable giving, and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South Asia.
caption: Mounted policemen in Egypt allow photos of themselves for baksheesh, 2008
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