under-the-table

1. If you make under-the-table payments to customs officials, you can get goods through the port without having them inspected.
   如果你私下买通海关关员，那么你的货物就不用检查直接通过港口了。
2. No matter how well the date is faring ( rampant hand-holding, under-the-table canoodling), projecting a conjoined future is a terrible no-no.
   不论现在你的感情经营得有多好（激烈地握手，桌下的爱抚），共同规划未来可绝对不要做，太可怕了。
3. According to CBS News, on May16, in South Korea, the deeply-rootedpractice of parents offering under-the-table bonuses is known as "chonji".
   据美国CBS新闻网站16日报道，在韩国，家长给教师送礼历史悠久，这种礼物被称为“寸志”（聊表寸心之意）。
4. Prices rose too quickly; many residents were forced out of their homes; and senior officials profited from under-the-table deals with developers.
   当地房价上涨过快，很多居民被强令拆迁，还有一些高级官员利用与开发商的幕后交易中饱私囊。
5. One official was arrested after diary entries he allegedly wrote appeared online describing casual sex, drinking and under-the-table payments at parties.
   一官员的日记在网上传播，内容包括了其滥情，酗酒，幕后交易等，他也因此被捕。
6. Some global corporations can even outsmart their Chinese counterparts in under-the-table deals, bribing officials and cutting employee benefits.
   一些全球性公司甚至通过不法交易、贿赂官员和削减员工利益来取得与中国同行竞争的胜利。
7. An under-the-table sort of deal with a former associate.
   让给了一个以前的同事去做。
8. Sadly, a few tabloid newspapers got hold of this under-the-table gossip.
   更为糟糕的是几家惯于耸人听闻的报纸抓住这些私下闲谈大作文章。
9. The land developers did a lot of under-the-table wheeling and dealing.
   那个土地开发投资人干了很多非法的交易。
10. About 27% of the medical service clients and 38% of the community residents have had the experiences of giving the doctors under-the-table fees.
    红包现象仍时有发生，有27.4%的医疗服务对象和38.3%的社区居民曾遇到过给医生送红包的事。

adj

1. designed and carried out secretly or confidentially
   1. a sub-rosa report
   2. has their under-the-table backing

   Synonym:    sub-rosabehind-the-scenes