to lobby
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4.0
- verb
- /ˈlɑːbi/
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presionar
- The organization plans to lobby lawmakers to support environmental protection legislation.
- lobby the government
- lobby Congress
- lobby politicians
And then that's how they lobby to remove the sanctions against them.
- And then that's how they lobby to remove the sanctions against them.
- They paid for the meetings, they paid for the resources to lobby and so on.
- OK, the meat industry lobbies the government too.
- The German government lobbied Senate Democrats.
- It is their job to lobby us.
- Then Sullivan scolded Flynn about his illegal lobbying for Turkey.
- Harvard is a corporation, and this corporation lobbies.
- You will be up against the largest lobbying force assembled on the face of God's green earth.
- It's like lobbying, but instead of lobbying the government, they're like lobbying your brain.
- But yeah, I mean, lobbying organizations.
- About calling for and requiring more transparency into these lobbying networks.
Examples
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Big companies can lobby in Brussels –- the amount of money they spend there is staggeringly large.
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All music teachers need to lobby for the adoption of these standards by the individual states.
Academic text (1994) -
Advocacy actions should be taken to lobby each state to fund more APE teacher positions.
Academic text (2011) -
Nurses can also use the Code to lobby for protected time for professional development and clinical supervision.
Academic text (2015) -
If that doesn't work, we'll lobby the legislature.
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You continue to do your utmost to lobby for strict laws against drunk driving.
Academic text (1992) -
Intellectual property owners, therefore, lobby their governments to favor domestically produced goods.
Academic text (1994) -
Second, they should lobby universities and other educational institutions to include the topic in their curricula.
Academic text (2011) -
Furthermore, teachers can contact state curriculum specialists and lobby for the inclusion of this valuable content.
Academic text (2012) -
Similarly, various groups and officials have been lobbying members of Congress to oppose preemption legislation.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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3.9
To work in a planned way to win support or votes
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3.9
Publicly support a cause, policy, or idea
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5.6
To try to make political or social change
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9.4
To try to get power or support within a group for personal gain
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Etymology
Lobby (verb) comes from the noun: people who waited in a building's lobby to speak to politicians tried to influence them, and that action became 'to lobby'. So to lobby means to try to influence politicians or officials.