Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who evades the payment of his taxes; specifically, a resident in a locality where the rate of taxation is high, who, in order to escape paying such taxes, removes before the day of assessment to another residence in some locality where the rate is lower.
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Examples
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Lessee, we have a tax-dodger troll, a militia wannabe troll, but no fundie trolls yet.
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And how can we expect repeat tax-dodger Rep. Charlie Rangel to make any sense on the issue, despite being in charge of taxation for the House (really).
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Just last week Marc Anthony was outed as a tax-dodger and now he's fighting a connection to a man charged with heroin possession and child pornography.
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The ancestors or agents of the original tax-dodger still decide who is to be funded for research or study grants, and which is to be denied funding.
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They instantly recognized in the stranger a fraudulent tax-dodger, and when he attempted tardily to purchase immunity they poured upon him; in front, behind, on both sides, all round, they boiled up and bubbled about him; and the exhaustion of his riches alone saved him alive.
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These brave men, employed be th 'taxpayer iv America to defind th' hearths iv th 'tax-dodger iv America, supposed be all iv us to have consicrated their lives to upholdin' th 'flag, were at heart votaries, as Hogan says, iv Aloes, gawd iv beer.
Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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"Dives, the tax-dodger," is as common in China as he is in the United States.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895
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"Dives, the tax-dodger," is as common in China as he is in the United States.
An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891
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But Boston is more beautiful in the absence of the "tax-dodger" than at any other season.
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They instantly recognized in the stranger a fraudulent tax-dodger, and when he attempted tardily to purchase immunity they poured upon him; in front, behind, on both sides, all round, they boiled up and bubbled about him; and the exhaustion of his riches alone saved him alive.
Familiar Spanish Travels William Dean Howells 1878
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