backscratching [verb]

Definition of backscratching:

present participle of backscratch

Synonyms of backscratching:

● Favors of office

● Political patronage

● Spoils of office

● Political favor

● Public till

● Public trough

● Pork barrel


Opposite/Antonyms of backscratching:

● Honesty


Sentence/Example of backscratching:

The fount of social problems, he argues, is that human morality grew out of the natural principles of tit-for-tat and mutual backscratching.