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PORK-BARRELING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pork-barreling mean?
• PORK-BARRELING (noun)
The noun PORK-BARRELING has 1 sense:
1. acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale
Familiarity information: PORK-BARRELING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling
Hypernyms ("pork-barreling" is a kind of...):
acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something)
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