kickback, impropriety, bribe, tacit, curry favor, bribery, inducements, collusion, linkage, payoffs, bargaining chip, acquiescence, wrongdoing, nexus, implicit, chumminess, blackmail, quo, favors, unethical, reciprocity, coercion, underhandedness, middleman, hanky panky, red herring, lobbyists, reciprocation, cronyism, baksheesh, precondition, disingenuous, reciprocal, implication, largesse, favoritism, crony, conditionality, subterfuge, largess, doublespeak, improper, perjured, nonstarter, illegality, specious argument, fait accompli, negotiable, malfeasance, chicanery, justification, whatsoever, renege, unseemly, middlemen, skullduggery, cajolery, extortion, nepotism, sham, slush fund, contradiction, acquiesce, renegotiation, complicity, bagman, assurances, coerced, scintilla, handshake, enticement, payola, corrupt, countertrade, surreptitious, substantive, blank check, witting, hardball, hypocritical, mutually beneficial, wink, skulduggery, peccadillo, blandishments, tacit consent, smokescreen, munificence, beholden, ruse, consensual, fishy, exculpation, riskless, dishonest, cui bono, categorical, shady, compromise, collude, suborning, jawboning

horse trade, horse trading

exchange, interchange

barter, swap, swop, trade