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highbinder

(hī′bīn′dər)

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noun

an unscrupulous or swindling person; esp., a demagogic politician

Origin: < ?: first recorded use in Highbinders, name of a New York City gang in early 19th c.

See highbinder in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A corrupt politician.
A member of a Chinese-American secret society of paid assassins and blackmailers.

Origin:

Origin: After the Highbinders, a group of ruffians in New York City c. 1806

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