English Explanatory Dictionary

Lawsonize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To amalgamate.
  2. To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business.

Word forms

Lawsonize Lawsonizes Lawsonizing Lawsonized

Etymology

From Lawson + -ize. Named after American businessman Thomas W. Lawson, co-founder of the controversial Amalgamated Copper Mining Company and later author of Frenzied Finance, which told the story of the amalgamation in an aggressively one-sided manner.

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