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kickback
noun
A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
A covert – often illegal – payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.
(machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
Synonymskicker
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