The defendants are alleged to have paid well over $150 million in bribes and kickbacks.

被告被指控支付超过1.5亿美元贿赂和回扣。

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Virtually no one starting a company in the U.S. today, and no one funding one, has to worry about covering the hidden costs of bribes, payoffs, and kickbacks.

事实上，如今在美国开公司和当公司股东的人全无隐瞒贿赂、分赃、以及回扣的金额之忧。

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Bribes, Kickbacks and secret Commissions Prohibited. The Company's policy is to encourage fair transactions. No Employee may give or receive any bribe, kickback, or secret commission.

禁止贿赂、回扣和秘密佣金。公司的政策是鼓励公平交易。任何员工不能收受贿赂、回扣和秘密佣金。

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Chevron previously got another judge disqualified after releasing videos showing discussions of bribes and kickbacks.

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Moreover, paying civil servants enough to persuade them to reject bribes and kickbacks is itself costly.

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Ginsberg reasoned that Congress meant the pre-1987 understanding of the term, and meant to criminalize only the taking of bribes and kickbacks in the performance of a job, not any sort of scheme that somehow deprived somebody of honest work.

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