slush fund

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Recent Examples on the Web Sanchez himself grabbed power after successfully leading a no confidence vote in 2018 against Mariano Rajoy of the PP after a court found party officials were guilty of operating a slush fund. Reuters, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024 As a result, lawmakers can use the PACs as slush funds to underwrite sumptuous lifestyles, good government advocates say. Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024 The bombmaker was shot by the same gun as Webb’s, and his encrypted hard drive shows that a CIA slush fund under Webb’s name recently deposited six figures into his bank account. EW.com, 26 Feb. 2024 The Globe and Mail later reported that the settlement payment had come from a slush fund bolstered in part by children’s hockey registration fees. Ian Austen, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slush fund 

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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20fund. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.

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