PORK BARREL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

Synonyms:

pork; pork barrel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("pork barrel" is a kind of...):

appropriation (money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose)

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