beggar-your-neighbor

[ beg-er-yer-ney-ber ]

noun

1. a children's card game for two, played with 52 cards, that is won when a player captures all of the cards.

Example Sentences

Because of Missouri’s tax laws and political fragmentation, Gordon says, “there is a huge incentive to build the next great mall in the cornfield, because you all of a sudden capture the tax revenue from it. It’s something that everyone recognizes as an insane beggar-your-neighbor policy.”

From BusinessWeek

In an interview, Gordon says that because of Missouri’s tax laws and political fragmentation, “there is a huge incentive to build the next great mall in the cornfield because you all of a sudden capture the tax revenue from it. It’s something that everyone recognizes as an insane beggar-your-neighbor policy.”

From BusinessWeek