pay-jacker

pay-jacker
 n.— «State legislators who dived deep into your pockets to raise their own pay are hoping you’ll forget their antics. We won’t let it happen. We continue to encourage the public to send these public purpose pimps a pocket cut out from an old pair of pants. And we’ll also keep referring to them as pay-jackers.» —“Pittsburgh Tuesday takes” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Pa.) Aug. 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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