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The term bagman (or bag man) has different meanings in different countries. One group of definitions centers on the idea of traveling. In British usage, "bagman" is a term for a traveling salesman, first known from 1808. [1] In Australian usage, it can mean a tramp or homeless man. [2] [3] However, many other definitions center around money.
bagman: a person or paymaster designated to collect or distribute illicitly gained money. barone: a baron or landlord. [3] books, the: a phrase indicating membership in the family. If there is a possibility for membership, then the books are open. If not, the books are closed. boss: the head of the family who runs the operation. [3]
Slang for police in Hyderabad, India which literally means bed bugs in Indian languages. [39] Maatia kukura Meaning khaki dog in English, is a derogatory word for police in Odisha due to their khaki uniforms and rowdy behaviour. Kuka Bulgarian slang for a police officer. The word is used derogatorily and literally means hook.
Bagman, a biochip containing the personality of a fallen comrade in the 2000AD comic Rogue Trooper; Bagman, a 2010 film about Jack Abramoff; The Amazing/Bombastic Bag-Man, an alias of Peter Parker in the Marvel Comics; Sack Man or Bag Man, a bogeyman-figure; Ludo Bagman, a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series; The Bag Man, a 2014 film
Definition Bagman [8] In organized crime, one who is charged with "collecting or distributing the money involved". Bang [9] A drug injection (other terms include 'fix', 'hit' or 'shot') Bones Dominoes Bonzo A known child predator who is forced into sexual slavery to a stronger inmate for protection from other sexually violent inmates. Books
While with the Oxford City Police, Morse is taken under the wing of veteran Inspector Thursday. Thursday names Endeavour his designated "bag man" and shows him the ropes as Morse begins to solve a string of complex murders, much to the envy and annoyance of some of his superiors, particularly Detective Sergeant Peter Jakes and Police Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright.
The term "bagman" is an old one and has a strong tradition outside of the USA and usually refers to someone with a legitimate function. In Canadian politics, it generally refers to a party fundraiser, and despite what one might think of politicians and their staff, what those bagmen do is quite legal; in Britain it's a traditional term for a ...
The Lucas Inquiry, chaired by Justice G. A. G. Lucas, began in 1976 and was constituted to look into police corruption in Queensland, but the Inquiry was seriously flawed, reliant as it was, on its star witness Jack Herbert, The Bagman who confessed at the later Fitzgerald Inquiry to organised corruption for almost his entire career within the Police Force and afterwards.