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Recent Examples of under-the-table
The corruption trial kicked off in 2020, with prosecutors accusing Netanyahu of exchanging regulatory favors for positive press coverage in under-the-table dealings with media moguls.
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Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024
Jim Larrañaga could handle—and repeatedly thrived—in the old college sports system, where athletes could only get paid under-the-table, even if that meant the Feds might subpoena his text messages.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Making tips explicitly tax free will help with this, and will also remove the stigma that has been associated with tips as under-the-table income.
—Joe Moglia, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Fewer than 10% of Syrian adults have work permits, with the rest being limited to informal, under-the-table jobs.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 24 July 2024
In 2018, after media accounts revealed one such donor’s under-the-table contributions to an Australian senator—who then provided countersurveillance advice to the Chinese donor—the senator was forced to resign his seat.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
In February 2023, the team was investigated for allegedly circumventing the WNBA’s salary cap rules for offering under-the-table payments to players.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 May 2024
While migrants wait, many rely on public resources or take low-paying and unreliable, under-the-table gigs.
—Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2024
The most common job for these children is under-the-table work in roofing and construction, according to teachers, social workers, labor organizers and federal investigators.
—Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024
Jim Larrañaga could handle—and repeatedly thrived—in the old college sports system, where athletes could only get paid under-the-table, even if that meant the Feds might subpoena his text messages.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Making tips explicitly tax free will help with this, and will also remove the stigma that has been associated with tips as under-the-table income.
—Joe Moglia, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Fewer than 10% of Syrian adults have work permits, with the rest being limited to informal, under-the-table jobs.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 24 July 2024
In 2018, after media accounts revealed one such donor’s under-the-table contributions to an Australian senator—who then provided countersurveillance advice to the Chinese donor—the senator was forced to resign his seat.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
In February 2023, the team was investigated for allegedly circumventing the WNBA’s salary cap rules for offering under-the-table payments to players.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 May 2024
While migrants wait, many rely on public resources or take low-paying and unreliable, under-the-table gigs.
—Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2024
The most common job for these children is under-the-table work in roofing and construction, according to teachers, social workers, labor organizers and federal investigators.
—Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for under-the-table
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By night, his father would lend him his binoculars to spy on women through their windows, filling in any gaps in his anatomical understanding with whatever under-the-counter girly magazines had managed to wiggle through Italy’s draconian censorship.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2024
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Filtering your water If PFAS levels are concerning, consumers can purchase an under-the-counter water filter for their tap.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
10 Apr. 2024
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Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communication line failure, theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of the Media.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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This approach can significantly reduce the attack surface and minimize the risk of unauthorized access and ensure that NHIs operate within a secure and controlled environment.—
Gregory Webb,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Tran and other officials allegedly overstepped their authority by trying to get a city employee fired and began requesting several unsanctioned performance evaluations for McHarris, the lawsuit states.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2025
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In 2023 and 2024, six fraternities were placed on probation at SDSU due to violations of school policies, including unsanctioned distribution of alcohol, according to the university’s website.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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Throughout the Biden administration, Cuba has worked with U.S. law enforcement – primarily through its engagement with the FBI as well as through the multilateral body Financial Action Task Force – to combat illicit financing, including the funding of terrorism.—
Jason M. Blazakis,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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Though police and prosecutors in at least two counties have joined forces to aggressively tackle the illicit drug together, few agencies in the rest of the region have made investigating fentanyl deaths a priority, the Star found.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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The state has grown increasingly reliant on unlicensed teachers because schools are struggling to retain experienced educators.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Jan. 2025
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But without intervention, the rise of unlicensed vending can ruin this vital sector.—
John Murn,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Additional health code violations ranged from a lack of paper towels near the kitchen’s handwashing sink to a missing food handler card and the use of unapproved kitchen equipment.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Jan. 2025
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As weight loss drugs become increasingly popular, the FDA has repeatedly cracked down on unapproved, misbranded and counterfeit versions of the drugs.—
Joanne Haner,
The Hill,
18 Dec. 2024
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These can all make great rivals for the criminal mastermind gangs as well.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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In its latest analysis of the situation in Haiti, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime said that a peacekeeping operation alone will not solve Haiti’s gang problem and the structures that support the criminal groups.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Jan. 2025
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Lawyers for Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, will set out to show that the News Group executives concealed and sought to destroy evidence of hacking and other improper practices.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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According to the Electrical Safety Foundation International, over 65,000 home fires are the result of improper heating equipment usage in the United States.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Under-the-table.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/under-the-table. Accessed 25 Jan. 2025.
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