<entry id="1993483" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2137500</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>族議員</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ぞくぎいん</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>pork-barrel politician</gloss>
<gloss>special-interest politician</gloss>
<gloss>politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2007-03-28 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-12-06 07:50:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>gg5
a □special-interest [pork-barrel] politician; a diet member who □lobbies for [represents, pushes] (the interests of) a certain □faction 
[clique, industry].</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;influential members of parliament acting for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;pork-barrel politician&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;special-interest politician&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-12-10 08:56:02" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>