The effects of an amount of money so large that it warps and distorts legal, political, and social systems that get near it. This is analogous to a black hole's gravity well that can force light which normally travels in straight lines to travel in a path that looks curved.
"That Madoff guy generated such a large money distortion field with his Ponzi scheme that he'll never go to jail!"
by Dr. Dave da Brewmeister February 2, 2009