The practice of dealing in public funds or financial speculation, especially in manipulative or questionable ways.
From 'fundmonger' plus the gerund suffix '-ing'. A critical term from 18th-century political and economic discourse in Britain.
This word captures the same distrust of finance that exists today—it's just dressed up in old English! The complaints about 'fundmongering' sound like modern critiques of Wall Street.
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