kleagle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kleagle
Example Sentences
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According to testimony in the 2005 murder trial, Killen served as a kleagle, or organizer, of the Klan in Neshoba County and helped set up a klavern, or local Klan group, in a nearby county.
From Washington Times
Prosecutors said as a "kleagle" or KKK organiser, he had assembled the murderous mob and instructed them how to dispose of the bodies, but was not at the murder scene itself.
From BBC
Mueller, the grand Kleagle of Washington, the Ku Klux Klan booked 18 trains for their march and rally.
From Washington Post
Another factor, though, was the Klan’s “kleagle system” of recruitment, devised by Imperial Wizard Simmons and a couple of public-relations professionals he hired to help him boost membership.
From Washington Times
“So it’s an incentivized system - the more people you convince to join, the more each kleagle is going to make, and this works at each level of the hierarchy. Above the kleagle is the King Kleagle, and he’ll take $3 out of that $10, and the last $2 gets sent back up to the imperial leadership.”
From Washington Times
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