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pork-barreling: acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale; "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling"

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patronage collapse: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support; support by being a patron of

pork collapse: meat from a domestic hog or pig

graft collapse: the act of grafting something onto something else; (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient; cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"

bacon collapse: back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried; English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626); English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

fat back collapse

spareribs collapse: cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off

pork barrel collapse: a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

trotter collapse: foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food

finagler collapse: a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods

Realpolitik collapse: politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations

booty collapse

strategist collapse: an expert in strategy (especially in warfare)

swapping collapse

deli collapse

delicatessen collapse: a shop selling ready-to-eat food products; ready-to-eat food products

grocery collapse: (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

bodega collapse: a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries

stolen goods collapse

lard collapse: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog; prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat"

plum collapse: a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"; any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit; any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

bakery collapse: a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold

spoils of office collapse

logrolling collapse: act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

bossism collapse: domination of a political organization by a party boss

cashbox collapse: a strongbox for holding cash

piggy bank collapse: a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)

Fort Knox collapse

strong room collapse

strongbox collapse: a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked

back scratching collapse

machinator collapse

gammon collapse: hind portion of a side of bacon

kingmaker collapse: an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"

gray eminence collapse

ham collapse: meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked); an unskilled actor who overacts; a licensed amateur radio operator; (Old Testament) son of Noah

trading collapse: buying or selling securities or commodities

supermarket collapse: a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods

pickings collapse: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"

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