special operations

special operations
   state-sponsored bribery
   Sirven... knows more political secrets than any man in France as a result of his position in charge of Elf s 'special operations', a euphemism for wholesale bribery and political manipulation. {Daily Telegraph, 8 February 2001 — Elf was the state-owned oil company which government used to finance and channel bribes)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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