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bagwoman

bagwoman

9.9
A woman who collects or delivers bribe money for criminals
  • noun
  • /ˈbæɡˌwʊmən/
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translation icon : mujer de la bolsa
  • The police arrested a bagwoman in the downtown area.

Examples

  • Several bagwomen were implicated in the money laundering scheme.

  • The police arrested the bagwoman as she was delivering cash to the syndicate's leader.

  • Rumors spread that a new bagwoman had replaced the previous collector after the police raid.

  • The accused claimed she was just a messenger and not the notorious bagwoman the authorities sought.

  • The police arrested the bagwoman for her role in the money laundering scheme.

  • The bagwoman collected payments from various businesses as part of the organized crime ring.

  • They suspected the bagwoman was responsible for distributing the drug profits in the neighborhood.

Synonyms

bagman
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10 9.9

A person who collects or delivers illegal money for a criminal group

is the same role but refers specifically to a female employee

Surface Forms

bagwoman singular
bagwomen plural

Morphology

bagwoman = bag + woman (semi-transparent) = bag + woman

The components 'bag' + 'woman' are form-transparent, but the specialized meaning 'a woman who handles illicit payoff money' is a restricted criminal-role sense not obvious to all learners.

Etymology

The word bagwoman comes from the older term bagman, which meant a person with a bag ('sack') who carried cash for others. So a bagwoman is the female form — a woman who collects or delivers illegal payoff money.