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族議員
ぞくぎいん
1. [n]
▶ pork-barrel politician
▶ special-interest politician
▶ politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected



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3. A 2018-12-10 08:56:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2018-12-06 07:50:40  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5
a □special-interest [pork-barrel] politician; a diet member who □lobbies for [represents, pushes] (the interests of) a certain □faction 
[clique, industry].
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@@ -12 +12,3 @@
-<gloss>influential members of parliament acting for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected</gloss>
+<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>
1. A 2007-03-28 00:00:00 
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