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Definition bogeyman in British English

bogeyman noun

[countable] noun
/ˈbəʊɡiˌmæn/
Example

The bogeyman's going to get you.

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2

someone or something that people believe is bad and causes problems

Example

The newspapers had portrayed him as the new economic bogeyman.

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Definition bogeyman in British English