"on the pad" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "As a reference to padding one's income.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1978, Burgess Laughlin, Job Opportunities in the Black Market, page 5",
          "text": "The badge showed that he was on the inspector's pad and the telephone numbers suggested that he had connections.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Samuel Walker, Charles M. Katz, The Police in America: An Introduction, page 325",
          "text": "New York City police officers \"on the pad\" were found to receive up to $850 a month to protect a single dealer.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, James Lee Burke, A Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set",
          "text": "But I swear to you, Dave, I never got any free action because of my badge, and I never went on the pad.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Taking regular bribes."
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        "(police slang) Taking regular bribes."
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  "word": "on the pad"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From the sense of \"to pad\" meaning to practice highway robbery.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1622, John Fletcher, Beggar's Bush",
          "text": ". I crown thy nab with a gage of bene-bowse, And stall thee by the salmon into the clowes; To maund on the pad, and strike all the cheats,",
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        {
          "ref": "1788, John O'Keeffe, The Prisoner at Large",
          "text": "I go on the pad.",
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Maggie Mackeever, Lady Sherry and the Highwayman, page 218",
          "text": "As for why I went on the pad, 'tis simple: I was poor as a church mouse.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Practicing highway robbery; robbing travelers on the public roads."
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        "(archaic, slang) Practicing highway robbery; robbing travelers on the public roads."
      ],
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          "word": "upon the pad"
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  "word": "on the pad"
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  "etymology_text": "As a reference to padding one's income.",
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          "ref": "1978, Burgess Laughlin, Job Opportunities in the Black Market, page 5",
          "text": "The badge showed that he was on the inspector's pad and the telephone numbers suggested that he had connections.",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "New York City police officers \"on the pad\" were found to receive up to $850 a month to protect a single dealer.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, James Lee Burke, A Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set",
          "text": "But I swear to you, Dave, I never got any free action because of my badge, and I never went on the pad.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Taking regular bribes."
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        "(police slang) Taking regular bribes."
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  "word": "on the pad"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From the sense of \"to pad\" meaning to practice highway robbery.",
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          "ref": "1622, John Fletcher, Beggar's Bush",
          "text": ". I crown thy nab with a gage of bene-bowse, And stall thee by the salmon into the clowes; To maund on the pad, and strike all the cheats,",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1788, John O'Keeffe, The Prisoner at Large",
          "text": "I go on the pad.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Maggie Mackeever, Lady Sherry and the Highwayman, page 218",
          "text": "As for why I went on the pad, 'tis simple: I was poor as a church mouse.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Practicing highway robbery; robbing travelers on the public roads."
      ],
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        "(archaic, slang) Practicing highway robbery; robbing travelers on the public roads."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "upon the pad"
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  "word": "on the pad"
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