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Word: putup (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...Codes of ethics are much more binding among thieves than among legitimate commercial firms. Should an outfit have a putup touch (opportunity for theft suggested by an outsider) for 10%, no other outfit would think of offering the putup man 15% for it. . . . Lying is perhaps considered by thieves to be more unethical than it is by the law-abiding. . . ." A member of Yellow Kid Weil's famed Chicago confidence gang reported: "In all my life I never heard of a racket man padding an expense account...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Professional Viewpoint | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

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