Climb - clam - claim - glam

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Taken from the dialogue of an old American movie (1948):

- I wanted to show the wallet to you, Anne, before turning it over to the police.
- Look, Tom, you found that money and, gosh, it's enough to take us to the coast first class on a luxury airplane. Keep it.
- No, look, honey, this money belongs to somebody. We can't just [climb onto it / clam onto it / claim onto it, glam onto it]

I am sure about "onto it", but the verb sounds like "climb, clam, glam...". The actor slurs a little when he pronounces the word, so I would like to know which one of the verbs would be good grammar in the context, meaning that Tom and Anne, being both law-abiding people, can't keep the money without telling anybody.

GPY · Accepted Answer

I don't think it's any of those. Are you sure it's not "hang on to it"?

Gamboler · Answer

Thanks, GPY.
Sure, he doesn't say "hang onto it", it sounds like "glam" or something similar.
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GPY · Answer

I think it may be "glom on to".

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/glom

Gamboler · Answer

Thanks again GPY. Sure, it is glom on to, meaning in this case to take the money for his own use.

Climb - clam - claim - glam

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