pork barreling
1pork-barreling — noun acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork barreling • Hypernyms: ↑acquisition * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) : the promotion of political pork barrels …
2pork-bar|rel|ing — «PRK BAR uh lihng, POHRK », noun, adjective. U.S. Slang. –n. the use of Federal or state appropriations for private or political advantage. –adj. given to or engaged in pork barreling: »pork barreling politicians …
3pork barrel — pork barrel, adj. pork barreling, adj., n. Informal. a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * …
4pork barrel — ☆ pork barrel n. Informal government appropriations for political patronage, as for local improvements to please legislators constituents pork barreling n …
5pork-barrel — [c]/ˈpɔk bærəl/ (say pawk baruhl) verb (pork barrelled or, US, pork barreled, pork barrelling or, US, pork barreling) –verb (t) 1. to supply an inappropriate share of government money to, in return for political support. –verb (i) …
6pork-barrelling — /ˈpɔk bærəlɪŋ/ (say pawk baruhling) noun the practice of supplying an inappropriate share of government money to a person, company, institution, etc., in return for political support: *the government has denied pork barrelling through spending in …
7Marginal seat — Swing seat redirects here. For the piece of playground furniture, see swing (seat). A marginal seat, or swing seat, is a constituency held with a particularly small majority in a legislative election, generally conducted under a single winner… …
8graft — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, affix, anchor, annex, annexation, appropriation, attach, ballot box stuffing, belay, blackmail, boodle, boodling, boosting, booty, bribery, bribery and corruption, bribing, bud, bunco, campaign… …
9patronage — Synonyms and related words: abetment, administration, advocacy, advocating, advocation, aegis, aid, auspices, backing, benefaction, bias, boosting, business, care, carriage trade, certificate of character, championship, character, character… …
10Non-partisan democracy — Part of the Politics series Democracy History · Va …
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