Many fingers in the budget jar

Glossary of difficult words

to get caught with your fingers/hand in the cookie jar - to be caught doing something wrong;

a can of worms - a complicated matter likely to prove awkward or embarrassing;

cathouse - brothel;

tout - a person who solicits customers or business, typically in an aggressive or bold manner;

to peddle - to try to sell something;

electrostate - (our term) a country in which government and industrial policy is guided by the interests of the electricity industry.