bagman
bag·man [ ˈbag-mən]
[ˈbag-mən]
2 : a person who on behalf of another collects or distributes illicitly gained money broadly : an intermediary in an illicit or unethical transaction
Recent Examples on the Web
//Roberts served as Ike’s financial adviser and executor, and, after Roberts helped arrange his run for President, as his bagman.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National," 14 June 2019
//Whatever the answer, Zinke has become a bagman for an administration that wants to cut the program’s funding to a historic low.
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Elliott D. Woods, Outside Online, "Ryan Zinke Is Sabotaging Our Best Public Lands Program," 6 June 2018
//Chris Mack has emphatically denied any tie to Miller or Christian Dawkins, the associate-slash- bagman.
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Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Paul Daugherty: Xavier collateral damage in FBI's NCAA basketball probe," 23 Feb. 2018
//The white-suited bagman, a fixture since 1993 and one of his best friends, wasn't sure.
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Rob Hodgetts, CNN, "Fan favorite Phil Mickelson still pushing for grand slam glory," 30 Mar. 2018
//The Feds have evidence suggesting former Xavier point guard Edmond Sumner and his father took $7,000 in cash advances from a bagman for a former NBA agent named Andy Miller.
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Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Paul Daugherty: Xavier collateral damage in FBI's NCAA basketball probe," 23 Feb. 2018
//And there was this friendly guy who could only be called his bagman.
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Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Where Is the Integrity?," 13 Sep. 2017
//Its triad of main characters consists of Eddie Kerrigan, a bagman for a penny-ante racketeer; his charismatic daughter Anna; and Dexter Styles, a dapper nightclub owner and a big cheese in a major crime syndicate.
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, "The Best New Fiction," 29 Sep. 2017
//With the Depression in full swing, former successful theater manager and independent stockbroker Eddie has been reduced to working as a bagman for a lowly Irish gangster.
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Rayyan Al-shawaf, Philly.com, "Jennifer Egan's 'Manhattan Beach': Inspired, enthralling tale of a woman who dives deep," 22 Oct. 2017
First Known Use of bagman
1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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