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On the pad

phrase, slang

Definitions

Phrase
  1. 1
    Taking regular bribes. slang

    "The badge showed that he was on the inspector's pad and the telephone numbers suggested that he had connections."

  2. 2
    Practicing highway robbery; robbing travelers on the public roads. archaic, slang

    ". I crown thy nab with a gage of bene-bowse, And stall thee by the salmon into the clowes; To maund on the pad, and strike all the cheats,"

Etymology

Etymology 1

As a reference to padding one's income.

Etymology 2

From the sense of "to pad" meaning to practice highway robbery.

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