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- verb colloquial
Eye dialect spelling ofhave to . Berequired to;must .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The municipal officer demands a bribe from a hawker; the bureaucrat refuses to register a land title or a marriage; the traffic cop beats the rickshaw-driver who can't afford to pay his weekly installment, known as hafta.
India's Middle Class Hungers for Undemocratic Change Salil Tripathi 2011
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But I always say, then you "hafta" make sure that these free trade agreements are being abided by both parties, and that's not what's happened.
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Having done her bit, the policewoman pocketed the 'hafta'
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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Having done her bit, the policewoman pocketed the 'hafta' (bribe) from the 'gharwali'
WN.com - Articles related to US urges India to address impediments to trade 2010
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Having done her bit, the policewoman pocketed the 'hafta' (bribe) from the 'gharwali'
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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Having done her bit, the policewoman pocketed the 'hafta'
WN.com - Articles related to Dubai's non-oil trade grows to Dh136 billion 2010
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Having done her bit, the policewoman pocketed the 'hafta'
WN.com - Articles related to US urges India to address impediments to trade 2010
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Having done her bit, the policewoman pocketed the 'hafta' (bribe) from the 'gharwali'
WN.com - Articles related to US urges India to address impediments to trade 2010
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Having done her bit, the policewoman pocketed the 'hafta'
WN.com - Articles related to US urges India to address impediments to trade 2010
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Having done her bit, the policewoman pocketed the 'hafta' (bribe) from the 'gharwali'
WN.com - Articles related to Dubai's non-oil trade grows to Dh136 billion 2010
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