bagman
bagman Lexical Profile
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• noun
North American A person who collects or distributes illicitly obtained money, such as bribes, payoffs, or extortion payments, on behalf of an organized crime syndicate or corrupt official.
"Federal investigators tracked the corrupt senator's bagman as he delivered a briefcase of cash to the contractor."
Australian An official or agent who raises and manages campaign funds for a political party.
"As the party's chief bagman, he spent months courting wealthy donors ahead of the federal election."
British A traveling salesperson who carries samples of merchandise from town to town (now dated).
"The old inn had long been a favorite stopping place for commercial bagmen traveling through the Yorkshire dales."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as an English compound of 'bag' and 'man' in the 18th century, originally referring to a traveling salesman who carried samples of goods in saddlebags before acquiring its 20th-century American underworld sense of an illicit money courier.