connections

connections
   people liable to favour or assist you unfairly
   Literally, those to whom you are related or whom you know well, but also used of those susceptible to bribery:
    ... the redoubtable lady was able first to defraud the public and then evade the consequences because she had 'connections'. (Shirer, 1984 — she used bribery)

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  • connections — Ⅰ. connections [plural] ► important people who you know and who can help and advise you: »Through his father s connections he got a job with a bank in the City. Main Entry: ↑connection Ⅱ. connections [plural] ► TRANSPORT road, rail, et …   Financial and business terms

  • connections — connections. См. межзональные нити. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • connections — index ties Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Connections — Connections(Pl):⇨Beziehung(II,1) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • connections — See negative connections positive connections …   Dictionary of automotive terms

  • Connections — gute Beziehungen; nützliche Beziehungen; Vitamin B (umgangssprachlich) * * * Con|nec|tions 〈[kɔnɛ̣kʃəns] Pl.; umg.〉 Beziehungen, Kontakte, Verbindungen ● gute Connections haben [engl.] …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Connections — Con|nec|tions 〈[kɔnɛ̣kʃəns] Pl.; umg.; bes. Jugendspr.〉 Beziehungen, Kontakte, Verbindungen; er hat gute Connections zur Chefetage [Etym.: engl.] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • connections — Relations by blood or marriage, but more commonly the relations of a person with whom one is connected by marriage. In this sense, the relations of a wife are connections of her husband. The term is vague and indefinite …   Black's law dictionary

  • connections — Relations by blood or marriage, but more commonly the relations of a person with whom one is connected by marriage. In this sense, the relations of a wife are connections of her husband. The term is vague and indefinite …   Black's law dictionary

  • Connections Academy — in the United States is a company which runs free public school that students attend from home. It combines aspects of homeschooling with those of traditional public education. The individual schools are operated in cooperation with or under… …   Wikipedia

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