Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pork-barreling

1 sense of pork-barreling

Sense 1
pork-barreling -- (acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale; "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling")
       => acquisition -- (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another")