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verb
To amalgamate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, derogatory, obsolete, usually
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verb
To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, derogatory, obsolete, usually
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History
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.
