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21beltway\ bandit — Any of the hundreds of defense contractors that dot the capital beltway around Washington in search of lucrative government contracts. The beltway bandits primarily hire retired military officers and milk them for their contacts inside the… …
22beltway-insider — Washington DC expression, a person with access to political influence. Refers to the Capital Beltway circling DC. He s been a beltway insider for so long he has vast influence in both parties …
23Beltway bandit — noun a) A consulting or research company that performs mostly work for US government departments or agencies. He worked for a beltway bandit firm, doing engineering work. He computed trajectories on missiles... that kind of thing. b) An employee… …
24beltway bandits — Consultants working in the Washington, DC area, technically with offices inside the Beltway (Interstate 495 and a section of I 95) …
25beltway — noun A freeway that encircles a city …
26beltway — belt|way [ˈbeltweı] n AmE a fast main road that goes around a city, not through the centre British Equivalent: ring road …
27beltway — n. highway that circles around a large city (often connecting different inter city routes) …
28beltway — noun US a ring road …
29beltway — noun (C) AmE a road that goes around a city to keep traffic away from the centre; ring road BrE …
30beltway — noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center • Syn: ↑bypass, ↑ring road, ↑ringway • Derivationally related forms: ↑bypass (for: ↑bypass) …
