bankster
Syllables: bank·ster/ˈbæŋkstə/US/ˈbæŋkstɚ/
bankster noun: a banker who is seen as criminally irresponsible, or as extorting bailout money from the taxpayers.
Noun
bankster (plural banksters)
- A banker who is seen as criminally irresponsible, or as extorting bailout money from the taxpayers.
- Stop supporting bums abroad. Stop all foreign aid, which is aid to banksters and their bonds and their export industries.1992 January, Murray Rothbard, “Right-Wing Populism: A Strategy for the Paleo Movement”, in Rothbard-Rockwell Report, page 9
- Hearing Sir Fred the Shred and the rest of them utter some hedged half-apologies has not made the public feel any warmer to the banksters.2009 February 15, Andrew Rawnsley, “The cabinet's quarrels are a warning of the storms ahead”, in The Observer
Forms of bankster
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Origin of bankster
Blend of banker + gangster. Popularized in the Pecora Commission (1932–1934) that investigated the causes of the Wall Street crash of 1929. The term was later used by Léon Degrelle, Belgian fascist politician and journalist, in 1937 as a pejorative term for high financiers.
Words formed from bankster
Questions about bankster
- What does bankster mean?
- Bankster means a banker who is seen as criminally irresponsible, or as extorting bailout money from the taxpayers.
- What part of speech is bankster?
- Bankster is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bankster?
- Bankster is pronounced /ˈbæŋkstə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bankster?
- The plural of bankster is banksters.
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