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Recent Examples of under-the-table
Garcia transmitted the cash in four installments and charged an under-the-table fee of $50 for each wire.
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Jason Green, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
Jason Green, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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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Thus far, experts believe that labor costs haven’t spurred inflation, but with the unemployment rate already near historical lows and U.S. birth rates down, plans for mass deportations of unauthorized foreign workers, combined with higher tariffs, would likely add to overall inflationary pressures.—
Don Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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What States Allow Militias? All 50 states prohibit private, unauthorized militias from engaging in activities reserved for the state militia.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Sam Sabin Feb 5, 2025 - Technology Lawmakers demand answers on DOGE's database access Democratic lawmakers are raising alarms about the security implications of Elon Musk's DOGE team's potentially unsanctioned access to sensitive government databases.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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Then there are unsanctioned acts of protests by players and fans.—
Christina L. Myers,
The Conversation,
6 Feb. 2025
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At first, the illicit supply would also ship directly from China to the US, but it’s evolved into disparate streams.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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Footage showed authorities removing the illicit items from his pockets following the apprehension.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Last summer, the NMPA claimed that there were unlicensed works in podcasts on Spotify.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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Editor’s picks If there appears to be a case of unlicensed imagery, video, or audio modeled on a living figure, Loti is likely to hear from that person’s management team.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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The secretary can also enable the FDA to issue an emergency use authorization, enabling clinicians to use unapproved medical products to manage specific conditions in an emergency.—
Angela Mattie,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2025
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When the sign fell down, the newspaper alleges, an employee was made to scrub the toilet because it had been used by an unapproved person.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
12 Dec. 2024
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Homan provided an update to Fox News on two ongoing probes, including a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ), which Homan says points to a possible leak within the FBI.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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European and German authorities also announced an operation involving the FBI and other law enforcement partners that had disrupted over 100 servers associated with the criminal network Berezhnoy and Glebov were a part of, the Department of Justice said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The restaurant was in violation of 17 standards, including an employee preparing food with jewelry and improper food storage.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2025
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Silver was arrested on charges of operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle without minimum insurance, improper use of registration plates, traveling unreasonably fast and improper rear lamps.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
31 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 16 Feb. 2025.
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