bankster

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbæŋkstə/    美 /ˈbæŋkstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A banker who is seen as criminally irresponsible, or as extorting bailout money from the taxpayers. derogatory,informal
    — Stop supporting bums abroad. Stop all foreign aid, which is aid to banksters and their bonds and their export industries.

词形变化

banksters plural

词源

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.
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