high·bind·er 
(hībīn′dər)
(hībīn′dər)n.
1. A corrupt politician.
2. A member of any of various Chinese-American secret societies active primarily from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s and often involved in criminal activities such as prostitution, blackmail, and hired killings.
[After the Highbinders, a group of ruffians in New York City c. 1806.]