pork
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8.2
- noun
- /pɔrk/
- Jargon
:
gasto clientelar
- Instead, neomercantilist or rent-seeking policies, including welfare legislation, producer subsidies, and pork-barrel, prevail.
- pork-barrel spending
- pork barrel
- congressional pork
So they're looking at this current Covad stimulus package, which is, by the way, mostly pork, but they're they're looking at using it for that.
- So they're looking at this current Covad stimulus package, which is, by the way, mostly pork, but they're they're looking at using it for that.
- Yeah, the pork system in America I see add things on.
Examples
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So they're looking at this current Covad stimulus package, which is, by the way, mostly pork, but they're they're looking at using it for that.
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As a result, a supplemental appropriation is required annually, and it becomes a vehicle for more pork-barrel projects.
Academic text (1990) -
Thus, Mississippi gets more pork spending per resident even as it is paying less in taxes.
Blog text (8) -
But Congress waited until they could pass a pork bill late at night that voters hadn't seen.
Blog text (4) -
But the stimulus was the same old same old, pure pork aimed at reliable constituencies.
Blog text (11) -
Much will also depend on whether homeland security becomes ravaged by pork-barrel politics.
Academic text (2004) -
That's because she was misled by all the pork-protecting nonsense that's been dished out all year.
Blog text (1) -
The senator was criticized for including unnecessary pork in the infrastructure bill to please his supporters.
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Many voters are tired of politicians adding pork to spending bills for their own benefit rather than the public good.
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Rob's campaign focused on reducing pork in government projects to ensure funds were used efficiently.
Synonyms
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7.9
Government money used for local projects to please voters
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9.1
Using government money to pay for local projects to please voters
Compounds
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3.4
A fatty cut of pork from the pig's belly that people cook, for example to make bacon
A stew of pork and veal with pickled cabbage and caraway, served with sour cream
A cold savory jelly made from pig's feet and other pork parts that becomes firm when cooled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pork in politics comes from the phrase pork barrel, a picture of a 'barrel of pork' given as a local gift to win support. That's why pork now means money or projects a politician brings to their area to please local voters rather than help everyone.