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Crédit Mobilier
[ kred-it moh-beel-yer, moh-beel-yey; French krey-dee maw-bee-lyey ]
noun
, U.S. History.
- a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.
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An' what do yez say to the whisky frauds, an' black Friday, an' credit mobilier?
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All of the contracting parties were directors in the railroad company, and in the Credit Mobilier.
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With the consent of the executive committee of the company, Hoxie assigned his contract to the Credit Mobilier.
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This conclusion is strengthened on seeing that some of them became owners of stock in the Credit Mobilier.
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Without the Credit Mobilier, it would have faltered on the threshold of success.
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