Idiom
follow the money
Meaning
To analyze money flows in order to uncover corruption or other criminal activities.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you want to find the truth, follow the money.”
“The reporter suspected the company was hiding something, so she decided to follow the money to see where the funds actually went.”
“To expose the intricate web of corruption within the organization, the investigators realized they had to follow the money through every shell company and offshore account.”
Examples
simple
“If you want to find the truth, follow the money.”
contextual
“The reporter suspected the company was hiding something, so she decided to follow the money to see where the funds actually went.”
complex
“To expose the intricate web of corruption within the organization, the investigators realized they had to follow the money through every shell company and offshore account.”
Origin
Popularized in the film All the President's Men (1976).
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