bagman
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- noun
- /ˈbæɡmən/
- NSFW
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recaudador de sobornos
- He was a bagman for the Dallas mob.
- mob bagman
Maybe Hunter's just the bagman, and Joe is the active one, sort of peddling his access on the open market.
- Maybe Hunter's just the bagman, and Joe is the active one, sort of peddling his access on the open market.
Examples
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I knew that D.A. when he was a bagman for Jack Draga.
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A bagman in Dallas for the Mob.
Fiction book (1991) -
We hit the bagman for the money.
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I'll be watching the bagman from behind the wall...
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You can be my bagman.
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You were a bagman for the boys downtown, and you still are.
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Or are you just the bagman?
Fiction book (1991) -
You lead a very interesting life, but you're a bagman, not an attorney.
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For the last two years he worked as a bagman for a mob bookie out of Las Vegas.
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As a loyal bagman, he collected payments from local businesses for the mob.
Synonyms
A woman who collects or delivers bribe money for criminals
A person who takes money unfairly by accepting bribes
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bagman comes from the simple parts bag and man, meaning a man who carries a bag. A helpful way to remember the criminal sense is to picture him carrying secret money in his bag, so a bagman is someone who collects or delivers illegal payoffs.