# Lawsonize

> English word · Verb

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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