Meaning of cash grab | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A product designed primarily or solely with the intent of generating profits or money.
   derogatory
2. Legislation that serves primarily the purpose of generating revenue.
3. An activity engaged in with the intention of making money quickly.
4. The money generated by a cash grab.
5. A game in which players attempt to grab as much money as possible.

Equivalents

Examples

“Considering some of the other offers that were made, allowing this one piece of merchandise was by no means a cash grab; this was merely Watterson putting a toe in the water.”

“Registered in the OED as 'a tax intended to discourage the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, esp. one levied on the burning of fossil fuels', in some of our blog discussions carbon tax is repeatedly referred to as a cash grab.”

“But this governance exercise quickly degenerated into a cash grab exercise (fundamentally corrupting the original purposes), when deficit and debt reduction became the categorical imperative.”

“They went out on a cash grab today, got a couple hundred grand, but they say they've turned the courier around, go intel there's a big money stash out there."”

“What could be more cynical than a cash grab wrapped up in “never again?””

“If you are sustainably harvesting, you should be able to sustain the income that comes from harvesting instead of getting a larger cash grab now, and then forgoing future income.”

“The culminating funtivity is a cash grab on a Twister-like mat between two people, in which they stuff as much money into their various pockets, shirt fronts, and orifices as humanly possible.”

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