under the counter

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent).

Adj

In an underhand way, sneakily; unofficially, particularly with regard to payment or tax avoidance.

Concepts

sous le manteau

sous main

sous-main

Synonymes

backstairs

underhand

under the table

Traductions

fraudolento

unter der Hand

unterm Ladentisch

illecitamente

illecito

irregolare

sottobanco

subdolamente

onderhands

onwettig

onder de hand

por baixo do pano

bajo mano

per sota mà

bajo cuerda