Bagman
Template:Short description Template:For-multi Template:Dicdef 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.<ref name="Definition of Bagman by Merriam-Webster 2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Australian usage, it can mean a tramp or homeless man.<ref name="www.dictionary.com 2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Macmillan Dictionary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
However, many other definitions center around money. People involved in political fundraising, soliciting donations, or otherwise involved in the financial side of a political campaign may be referred to as a bagman. This usage has led to an expansion of meaning to include those who solicit bribes for public officials.<ref name="Lexico ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Definition of Bagman by Merriam-Webster 2019"/>
In organized crime, a bagman may be involved in protection rackets or the numbers game, collecting or distributing the money involved. When acting as an intermediary in such activities, a bagman may also be called a delivery boy or running man, and may receive a fraction of the money collected.<ref name="Definition of Bagman by Merriam-Webster 2019"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="The New Yorker 2019">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Higgins Robinson 2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Journalist Jack Shafer defines "bag man" as a slang term "for criminals who perform deliveries and run errands for other criminals".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In criminal operations involving disbursements of cash as illegal payments for some service, a bagman delivers the money, often cash, to the recipient, such as Fred LaRue in the Watergate scandal.