bagman
noun
dishonest official; a person who collects, carries, or distributes illegal payoff money.
bagmen
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pluralof bagman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Huizar’s lawyers called Esparza and Kim, the alleged bagmen in the transaction, “admitted liars” who are “attempting to obtain leniency for their own crimes by cooperating with the government.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
But as demonstrated, the interest in college basketball is dissolving, and you can’t convince me that minor league bagmen are the reasons.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2018
Going into the pro caddie profession: It was a rough year for player-caddie breakups – I’m still not over the Phil-Bones split – but a recent trend doesn’t seem to bode well for professional bagmen.
From Golf Digest ● Dec. 12, 2017
Two-time champion Ben Crenshaw's long-time Masters caddie Carl Jackson is one of the remaining old school Augusta bagmen, who began working at the course aged 14 in 1961.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2014
Some of them are bagmen, able to describe the demerits of every dak-bungalow from the Peshin to Pagan, and southward to Hyderabad—men of substance who have "The Trades" at their back.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
