[f. prec.] To give a present of money to; to bribe, ‘tip.’ Also absol. quasi-intr.
1882. Macm. Mag., XLVI. 167. The higher grades … were reserved for those who backsheeshed the highest.
1884. Gen. Gordon, in Pall Mall Gaz., 6 May, 12/1. You would … make terms with Mahdi by making me backsheesh Mahdi.
