pork-barreladjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈpɔːkˌbær.əl/us/ˈpɔːrkˌber.əl/US slang disapprovinginvolving spending large amounts of money in an area in order to make local people more likely to vote for a particular person or party:
pork-barrel projects/spending/politics
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