Lawsonize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To amalgamate. US, archaic, derogatory, obsolete, usually

    "A little Lawsonizing might do the department mentioned a power of good in the way of housecleaning."

  2. 2
    To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business. US, archaic, derogatory, obsolete, usually

    "Admitting Mr. Bok's right to play to the gallery if he wishes, why can't he play fair? Why can't he Lawsonize things he knows something about ?"

Example

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"A little Lawsonizing might do the department mentioned a power of good in the way of housecleaning."

Etymology

From Lawson + -ize. Named after American businessman Thomas W. Lawson, 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.

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