"tea money" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2021 August 25, SCMP Reporter, “Death of Thai man after police extortion attempt captured on viral video, sparks public anger”, in This Week in Asia, South China Morning Post, retrieved 2021-08-25",
          "text": "Low-ranking officers in Thailand’s 200,000-strong police force are poorly paid and are infamous for topping up salaries with \"tea money\" for everything from minor driving offences to serious crimes.",
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        "bribe, especially for facilitating a business dealing."
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        "(slang, regional, Myanmar) bribe, especially for facilitating a business dealing."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "coffee money"
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          "code": "my",
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          "roman": "lakhpak-ranyhpui:",
          "sense": "bribe",
          "word": "လက်ဖက်ရည်ဖိုး"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "bribe",
          "word": "茶錢"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cháqián",
          "sense": "bribe",
          "word": "茶钱"
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "bribe",
          "word": "chai"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kâa-nám-rɔ́ɔn-nám-chaa",
          "sense": "bribe",
          "word": "ค่าน้ำร้อนน้ำชา"
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  "word": "tea money"
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      "roman": "lakhpak-ranyhpui:",
      "sense": "bribe",
      "word": "လက်ဖက်ရည်ဖိုး"
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      "sense": "bribe",
      "word": "茶錢"
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      "sense": "bribe",
      "word": "茶钱"
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      "sense": "bribe",
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      "roman": "kâa-nám-rɔ́ɔn-nám-chaa",
      "sense": "bribe",
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    }
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  "word": "tea money"
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