Lawsonize

== English == === Etymology === From Lawson +‎ -ize. Named after American businessman Thomas W. Lawson, co-founder of the controversial Amalgamated Copper Mining Company and later author of Frenzied Finance, which told the story of the amalgamation in an aggressively one-sided manner. === Verb === Lawsonize (third-person singular simple present Lawsonizes, present participle Lawsonizing, simple past and past participle Lawsonized) (obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually derogatory) To amalgamate. (obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually derogatory) To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business.