| 单词 | payoff man |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspayoff man payoff man n. Criminals' slang (a) a person responsible for sharing out the proceeds of a fraud, robbery, or other criminal operation, or for making payments to accomplices; (b) a confidence trickster. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > one who has charge of cash > of gang of criminals payoff man1927 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > confidence trickster magsman1822 confidence man1849 con artist1878 con man1889 T.B.1912 payoff man1927 pay-off1928 samfie1929 1927 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 9 June 1/3 The complaint asserts that Justice of the Peace Murphy was introduced to Frank E. Howell, former deputy sheriff, who was alleged to have been the ‘pay-off’ man of the contractors. 1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May 286 Pay-off men,..confidence men (or women). 1938 D. Castle Do your Own Time 287 Pay-off Man, cashier of a mob. 1964 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 44 200 Soares..performed the function of pay-off man, furnishing 50,000 cruzeiros for the performance of the crime. 1998 Tri-State Defender (Nexis) 19 Aug. 1 a Toarmina is the alleged pay-off man in the alleged jobs-for-hire scheme. < as lemmas |
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