Associations to the word «Highbinder»

Wiktionary

HIGHBINDER, noun. (US) (obsolete) A ruffian, especially one of a gang.
HIGHBINDER, noun. (US) (obsolete) A member of one of several Chinese criminal gangs associated with illegal immigration and prostitution.
HIGHBINDER, noun. (US) (dated) A swindler, especially a corrupt politician.

Dictionary definition

HIGHBINDER, noun. A corrupt politician.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats