follow the money
verbEtymology
Popularized in the film All the President's Men (1976).
Definitions
To analyze money flows in order to uncover corruption or other criminal activities.
- No, I have to do this my way. You tell me what you know, and I'll confirm. I'll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that's all. Just… follow the money.
- Then follow the money: We know that President Bashar Assad turned an ophthalmologist's blind eye to Saddam's use of the Syrian port of Tartus to import missile fuel components from China and night-vision goggles from Russia.
- His success in tackling and convicting members of Cosa Nostra was by following the money; this is the only way leading members of organised crime syndicates will ever be convicted.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA