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English

1. corruption; graft
2. to make a lot of money, especially through illegal or unethical means. During the early Republic of China, the Qing Dynasty coin, "Dragon Dollar" was still in use. In 1948, after ROC government introduced the "Gold Dollar Note", which quickly depreciated, people rushed to exchange their money for foreign currency. The government then banned currency exchange. Cantonese people used "Salty Dragon" (鹹龍) as a code for the most common foreign currency: the HK dollar; literally: to collect dragon, means to hoard HK dollars on the black market. ----unreviewed?
3. to bribeunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 揾大錢，多指以非法或不正當手段賺錢；民國早期沿用大清印製嘅蟠龍大洋，稱為「龍洋」；1948年民國政府推出金圓券未幾大幅貶值一事，大眾紛紛將錢換成外匯，政府隨即禁止兑匯，廣東人就以鹹龍作暗號代表廣東最常見嘅外幣：港元，刮龍當時就指「黑市搜刮港元」unreviewed?
2. 貪污unreviewed?

Examples

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  班友貪開架啦，當選左唔起勢刮龍就奇

  Once those guys are elected, their tendency towards corruption will lead them to embezzle funds shamelessly.