bookmaking

American  

[book-mayk-ing] / ˈbʊkˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the process or skilled trade of producing physical books, including everything from designing to printing and binding.

2. the work or trade of a bookmaker; the practice of determining odds and accepting bets, especially for the sport of horse racing.

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Example Sentences

Other cops suspected they were internal spies, headhunters, a rumor that started when a beat officer confided to the chief’s office that a bookmaking barber was inviting cops to “get on the take.”

From Los Angeles Times

We’re in the bookmaking business.

From Los Angeles Times

They describe the episode as a public relations fiasco that at one point had tied Ohtani himself — falsely, prosecutors say — to payments made in the bookmaking underworld.

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But over the last week, the world learned how little was truly known about Ohtani’s former right-hand man, who was fired by the Dodgers after being accused of stealing more than $4.5 million to cover debts with an illegal Orange County bookmaking operation.

From Los Angeles Times

Shohei Ohtani’s statement blames his interpreter for wiring huge sums from his bank account to a bookmaking operation but leaves questions unanswered.

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