gentlemen's agreement
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In 2022, Switzerland's federal criminal court in Bellinzona cleared the two after accepting their account of a "gentlemen's agreement" for the payment.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025
Although the league’s territorial rights were little more than a gentlemen’s agreement — and despite Pottsville having received an official approval to play the game — the N.F.L. suspended the Maroons.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022
“We made a gentlemen’s agreement that we’ll play and then we’ll figure it out,” Olivas said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021
He described a gentlemen’s agreement of sorts between Krahun and North Korean officials.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2013
It related to a gentlemen's agreement a number of us had in the recent cotton corner.
From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
