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pork-barreling
DEFINITIONS OF:
pork-barreling
1
n
acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale
“keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed
pork-barreling
”
Type of:
acquisition
the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
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