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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments..
The accused are only the latest in a string of alleged bagmen, vote-riggers and ward-heelers charged with wrongdoing.
You're going to pick up seven million dollars of cartel money? […] Jimmy, you are an attorney, not a bagman.
[…] in a locked metal suitcase carried on the President's travels by a warrant officer irreverently known as "the bagman."
The bagman clutching the nuclear football like an undertaker at a wedding. Cameras flashed and clicked, recording the scene. 'Good morning, Mr President,' they chorused.
2016, David Akin, "Tory 'bagman' boasts about party's bank account, Toronto Sun, 28 May, Proud to call himself the "bagman" of the Conservative Party, former senator Irving Gerstein boasted about the financial health of his party Friday.
Use bag man when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bag man means (US, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments..
Common synonyms include vagrant, tramp, bum, hobo.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The accused are only the latest in a string of alleged bagmen, vote-riggers and ward-heelers charged with wrongdoing.
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