bagmen
Mob money runners
Bagmen is the plural of bagman, a term with two distinct meanings depending on context.
In British English, a bagman is a traveling salesman, now somewhat dated.
In American English, particularly in crime and political contexts, a bagman is someone who collects or distributes money for illicit purposes, typically bribes or payoffs.
The senator's bagmen handled all the campaign contributions that couldn't be traced.
The term carries strong connotations of corruption and backroom dealings.
Event collecting money
- fixerOne who resolves issues
- lobbyistPaid legislative influencer
- donorOne who contributes freely
- contributorOne who provides something
kickback · bribery · payoff · graft · corruption · patronage · machine · Tammany
Organized crime member
- henchmanLoyal criminal subordinate
- enforcerOne who ensures compliance
- laundererOne who cleans clothing
- racketeerOrganized crime participant
syndicate · mafia · gangster · smuggler · extortion · shakedown · hitman · underboss
One who delivers communications
- deliverymanOne who transports goods
- carrierOne that transports
- runnerOne who sprints
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
package · dispatch · express · overnight · tracking · mailman · postman · rider
Covert information gatherer
- operativeCovert field agent
- handlerOne who manages something
- assetItem of value owned
- dead-dropCovert message transfer location
clandestine · covert · intelligence · tradecraft · cutout · rendezvous · signal · contact
fundraiser
Event collecting money
contributor · kickback · bribery · payoff · graft · corruption · patronage · machine · Tammany · influence
mobster
Organized crime member
- henchmanLoyal criminal subordinate
- enforcerOne who ensures compliance
- laundererOne who cleans clothing
racketeer · syndicate · mafia · gangster · smuggler · extortion · shakedown · hitman · underboss · consigliere
messenger
One who delivers communications
- deliverymanOne who transports goods
- carrierOne that transports
- runnerOne who sprints
parcel · package · dispatch · express · overnight · tracking · mailman · postman · rider · errand
spy
Covert information gatherer
dead-drop · clandestine · covert · intelligence · tradecraft · cutout · rendezvous · signal · contact · agent
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- dirty moneydirty money, ill-gotten gains, illicit funds, illicit gains, proceeds of crime
- thugsthugs, goons, heavies, toughs, brutes
- power playerspower brokers, insiders, dealmakers, influencers, kingmakers
bagmenbosses
Managers or raised studs
kingpins · crime lords · masterminds · godfathers · ringleaders
bagmenwhistleblowers
Those exposing organizational misconduct
investigators · prosecutors · informants · law enforcement · reformers