boroughmongern.
/ˈbʌrəˌmʌŋɡə/ One who trades in parliamentary seats for boroughs. (A sarcastic designation coined about the end of the 18th cent., and very frequently used in the discussions on electoral reform up to 1832.)
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes > type of
borough-jobber1733
boroughmonger1809
1809 Sir Fr. the Reformer 9 He swears eternal detestation To borough-mongers of the nation.
1831 S. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 215 The awful danger of extinguishing Borough-mongers.
1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 92 Boroughmongers—An extinct race of beasts of prey.
1868 J. Bright Speeches Public Policy II. 115 The Reform Bill..disturbed the borough-mongers to a remarkable degree.
Derivatives
ˈboroughmonger v. rare
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (intransitive)] > practise bribery > to secure votes
boroughmonger1847
boodle1887
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xiii. 215 ‘Never borough-mongered with it,’ says the peer.
ˈboroughmongering n. and adj.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery > to secure vote
treating1709
quilling1770
boroughmongering1798
borough-jobbing1803
boroughmongery1820
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribing > to secure votes
boroughmongering1798
1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV (ed. 5) 260 An impudent, unqualified intrusion of Borough-mongering Mercers.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. iv. 37 The boroughmongering of our own times.
1879 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 497 They represented either Downing Street or a score of boroughmongering peers.
ˈboroughmongery n. the arts and practices of a boroughmonger.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery > to secure vote
treating1709
quilling1770
boroughmongering1798
borough-jobbing1803
boroughmongery1820
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 677 Worse even than base boroughmongry.
1846 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace II. iv. iii. 417 By this [Reform] bill, the practice of boroughmongery was cut up by the roots.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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