Definitions
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- noun informal, derogatory A
criminally irresponsible banker
Etymologies
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Examples
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Why you won't hear me using the word bankster "in which I talked about a similar rhetorical tool used to label bankers.
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The head of the commission, Ferdinand Pecora, is often credited with popularizing the word "bankster," which combines "banker" and "gangster."
Reuters: Top News 2010
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The head of the commission, Ferdinand Pecora, is often credited with popularising the word "bankster", which combines "banker" and "gangster."
Guardian Online 2010
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The head of the commission, Ferdinand Pecora, is often credited with popularizing the word "bankster," which combines "banker" and "gangster."
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The head of the commission, Ferdinand Pecora, is often credited with popularizing the word "bankster," which combines "banker" and "gangster."
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The head of the commission, Ferdinand Pecora, is often credited with popularising the word "bankster", which combines "banker" and "gangster."
Guardian Online 2010
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Washington blames the "bankster" thieves who looted trillions of dollars through mojo financial schemes which allowed them to create money out of air backed by "derivatives."
Veterans Today 2010
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Words coined during the dark days of the 1930s such as "bankster", which is a mix of banker and gangster, are suddenly back in vogue as a younger generation of Europeans used to more than a decade of consumerism gets its first taste of dole queues.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Words coined during the dark days of the 1930s such as "bankster", which is a mix of banker and gangster, are suddenly back in vogue as a younger generation of Europeans used to more than a decade of consumerism gets its first taste of dole queues.
Latest Articles 2009
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But, I have made a conscious effort to not use the word 'bankster' because I find it unfair and dehumanizing.
unknown title 2009
snapshot commented on the word bankster
"bankster" is obviously a contraction of "banker" and "gangster" and has become quite common since the bank bailout fiascos of 2008 and 2009.
September 19, 2009
ry commented on the word bankster
this word annoys me, I don't know why. maybe because I've seen it used one too many times by people who are more or less financially illiterate.
November 11, 2013
bilby commented on the word bankster
Maybe they'll be bankrupsters one day.
November 11, 2013