| 单词 | pad money |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspad money pad money n. U.S. slang (a) money paid for lodgings, or for entrance to a room frequented by drug users (see sense 1c); (b) a bribe paid to police or officials. ΚΠ 1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 256/2 Pad money, money for lodgings. 1927 Dial. Notes 5 457 Pad money.., money for a night's lodging or for admission into an opium den. 1928 H. Asbury Gangs of N.Y. xiv. 323 For twenty years he had never been caught without pad money, that is, a nickel or a dime for lodging. 1975 N. De Mille Smack Man 19 More rough stuff meant more pad money to policeman to turn their backs. 2002 L. C. Snyder & T. Shachtman 25 to Life v. 90 There were also ‘grass eaters’, passive cops who wouldn't shake people down but who contributed to the corruption by accepting shares of the pad money. < as lemmas |
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