highbinder noun3 •(US, old-fashioned) A swindler, especially a corrupt politician.Well, I sent for him not an hour ago; he's goin' to take copies of th' accounts that show what th' Chief an' them other highbinders at the top o' Tammany have been doin'. — 1903 •(US, no longer used) A ruffian, especially one of a gang. •(US, no longer used) A member of one of several Chinese criminal gangs associated with illegal immigration and prostitution. formshighbinders
