投名状是实名落草为寇的保证书。用来隐喻建立对排他性组织的人身依附需要支付的代价。通常是以破坏性行为做保证而加入某个团体。

使用时通常加上动词,“纳”投名状。

出处

水浒传》第一一回:“是教你下山去杀得一个人,将头献纳,他便无疑心,这个便谓之‘投名状’。”[1]

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