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How To Use Backhander In A Sentence

  • There was no hesitation, as there has been with so many other shooters, before he fired a backhander behind the goalie.
  • I've had people ringing me up telling me that my career is over, and I've had people try and offer me huge backhander sums to slip them some information.
  • Then Kopitar tied it on a soft backhander from the half wall, the puck somehow eluding Mason inside the near post. USATODAY.com
  • Perhaps the landlord's getting a backhander from the estate agent.
  • The Calgary captain calmly swept in his 14th goal with a smooth backhander. USATODAY.com
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  • Energy deregulation resulted from lobbying by executives and backhanders paid to politicians.
  • Cliff Ronning walked to the doorstep from the left corner and attempted a backhander that Giguere stopped with his left pad. USATODAY.com
  • I have received personal criticism in nasty sniping ways, even being accused publicly of taking a backhander.
  • Semin flicked a backhander over the leg of a sprawling Luongo to make it 1-0 less than 3 minutes into the game. USATODAY.com
  • He took a long outlet pass from Jovanovski, skated behind the Detroit defense and deked Osgood to the ice before scoring on a backhander. USATODAY.com
  • His payment for the information he provided was modest, as backhanders go: a small truck.
  • Judges are often bought off and the country's massive bureaucracy is riddled with layers of corruption involving endless backhanders.
  • Andrei Nikolishin lofted a long backhander into the net for his eighth goal. National Hockey League - Capitals vs. Devils
  • He slapped me a tearing backhander across the face and my mouth flooded metallic and warm. A DARKENING STAIN
  • The Penguins tied it 10 seconds later when Matt Cooke put a rebound of Jordan Staal's backhander from the slot past Backstrom for his second goal. USATODAY.com
  • She started to smile and then stiffened as if she'd had a backhander across the cheek instead of a caress. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
  • If you are going to give people backhanders to keep them on, the structure goes out of the window, and goodness knows where you end up.
  • Paying backhanders or providing fake employment information will be punished.
  • Gathering the puck, he sent a backhander past the goalie, tying the game.
  • We know that the legal authorities have proven untrustworthy, and we have heard reports of backhanders by police and general corruption.
  • Kamil Kreps scored on a backhander from the slot to put the Panthers on top 4-2. USATODAY.com
  • Perhaps he takes backhanders and lives in Monaco at the weekend.
  • Let there be no more blank cheques, backhanders or silent funding!
  • They'll work on their slapshot, their wrister, their backhander.
  • Detectives are investigating a senior figure at the Council following claims that the official received backhanders from companies which operated local council contracts.
  • Semin streaked out of the penalty box with 3: 12 left in the second, darted down the right wing and forced Huet to brush aside his backhander. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Montreal vs. Washington
  • He was unable to get his blocker on White's hard backhander from the slot as Toronto took a 1-0 lead. USATODAY.com
  • Semin circled the zone from behind the net, picked up his own rebound from a blocked shot in the right circle and swatted in a backhander at the right post. USATODAY.com
  • Another Dutch star produced a stunner of a backhander for the golden goal.
  • Perhaps the landlord's getting a backhander from the estate agent.
  • Petty corruption is rife in the country, from backhanders in hospitals to police rip-offs; foreign businessmen rank it as among Asia's most fraud-ridden economies.
  • This was an economy of licence fees, backhanders and extortion.
  • Peltonen made it 3-1 at 7: 48 of the second with a backhander from the side of the net that trickled through Gerber's legs. USATODAY.com
  • His friend Alfie - a cop suspended for accepting backhanders - has a moneymaking idea.
  • Barely one minute after Price entered the game, Montreal was on the power play when Max Pacioretty's third goal, a backhander from the bottom of the slot, made it 3-1. USATODAY.com
  • Investigators estimate that ￡35m had been spent on bribes and backhanders.
  • In the past, tourism backhander was seriously forbidon ; but no much effects were noted.
  • All of these tactics can work, just as a slap shot, a snap shot, a wrist shot or a backhander will work in the right situation.
  • All of these tactics can work, just as a slap shot, a snap shot, a wrist shot or a backhander will work in the right situation.
  • Niedermayer put the Ducks ahead 2-1 in the second period, whisking in a backhander from the high slot after Travis Moen and Scott Niedermayer fought to keep the puck alive along the right boards in the Oilers 'zone. USATODAY.com
  • Zednik scored at 12: 59 of the second, firing a backhander from the right side of the crease that went over Budaj and just under the crossbar. USATODAY.com
  • ‘They give small allocations to the clubs involved,’ he said, ‘in favour of corporate hospitality and backhanders to sponsors,’ he said.
  • Fifty pounds has already gone in backhanders to the guys in the security office.
  • Pahlsson opened the scoring 5: 22 in with a backhander from the right circle that slid past Rinne's right shoulder. USATODAY.com
  • The ferry owner says some officials take backhanders to issue fitness certificates and licenses for vessels that are not shipshape.
  • There could be backhanders, bribed officials and matches fixed.
  • Hartnell's tally came on the power play when he beat Manny Fernandez with a backhander from the edge of the crease. USATODAY.com
  • The problem is not just the bribes and the backhanders, it is the way political parties are financed through private donations.
  • He turned aside Tomas Plekanec's drive off the right wing, made a solid stop on Mark Streit's slapper from the point and denied Saku Koivu's backhander in the slot to keep the game scoreless. USATODAY.com
  • He put a backhander past the goaltender with 2: 46 left in the second, giving his team a 2-1 lead.
  • It is now worth more than 100 times that figure, partly due to rezoning which, it is alleged, was facilitated by backhanders to county councillors.
  • If that doesn't get you noticed, you can always supplement your civil service pension with backhanders.

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