on the pad

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1. •
   (slang) Taking regular bribes.

   • The badge showed that he was on the inspector's pad and the telephone numbers suggested that he had connections. — 1978
2. •
   (slang, no longer used) Practicing highway robbery; robbing travelers on the public roads.

   • . 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, — 1622