English Explanatory Dictionary

gayola

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of American police departments extorting bribes from gay bars, especially in the 1950s and 60s, in return for not raiding them; such a bribe.

Word forms

gayola

Etymology

From gay + -ola.

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