Lawsonize

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#1·11h ago

(obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually, derogatory) To amalgamate.

Origin: From . , co-founder of the controversial Amalgamated Copper Mining Company and later author of Frenzied Finance, which told the story of the amalgamation in an aggressively one-sided manner. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·11h ago

(obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually, derogatory) To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business.

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