| 单词 | policy king |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolicy king policy king n. U.S. (now historical) a person who makes large profits from running policy games. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > betting on lotteries > [noun] > organizers policy writer1873 policy king1894 number runner1933 numbers runner1952 1894 Washington Post 30 May 2/8 (headline) The Alexandria policy king finally arrested. 1895 Rep. on Police Dept. N.Y. (N.Y. State Senate Comm.) I. 36 Certain favored individuals known as ‘policy kings’, who backed with capital and ran the shops in the particular districts assigned to them. 1949 Collier's 15 Jan. 21/1 Thousands of other suckers..are not only making millionaires out of a few dozen policy kings, they also pay for the corruption of many police officials. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 12 Sept. 2 c In the 1950s the Outfit moved in on the black policy rackets—the street lottery—and tried to kidnap policy king Theodore Roe. < as lemmas |
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