1. a person who collects or distributes money illegally, especially for bribes or extortion
Usage: informal
2. a traveling salesman who carries samples in a bag
Usage: chiefly British; dated

Examples

• The corrupt politician used a bagman to collect bribes from contractors.
• Police arrested the bagman who was delivering payoffs to city officials.
• The old bagman traveled from town to town selling his wares.
• He worked as a bagman for the textile company in the 1950s.
• The investigation revealed a network of bagmen handling illegal payments.
• In his youth, grandfather was a bagman selling household goods door-to-door.