bagman

Definition

A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.

Etymology

From bag + -man.

Example Sentences

• "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.""