ganbuler

ganbuler
 n.— «In recent years, corrupt officials have gambled away billions in the casinos of Macau, and Beijing is trying to stop this as part of a broader crackdown on graft in China. Party officials gambling in Macau are known as “ganbulers,” a pun on the Chinese word for cadres.» —“Macau: On a roll” by Clifford Coonan Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada) Nov. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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