Usually means: Usurer exploiting others for gain.
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  1. gombeen: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. gombeen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gombeen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gombeen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Gombeen, gombeen: Wordnik
  6. gombeen: Wiktionary
  7. gombeen: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. gombeen: Dictionary.com
  9. Gombeen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. gombeen: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. gombeen: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Gombeen: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. gombeen: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (gombeen)

noun:  (archaic) Usury.
noun:  (historical, Ireland) A moneylender during the Great Famine.
noun:  (Ireland, slang) A mean, underhanded, corrupt person. Usually applied to politicians.
adjective:  (Ireland) Corrupt, underhanded.

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