slush fund
noun
1
: a fund raised from the sale of refuse to obtain small luxuries or pleasures for a warship's crew
2
: a fund for bribing public officials or carrying on corruptive propaganda
3
: an unregulated fund often used for illicit purposes
Examples of slush fund in a Sentence
a secret slush fund for paying bribes
Recent Examples on the Web
But voters in the world’s fourth-largest economy have been rankled by rising prices and the fallout from a party slush fund scandal that helped sink previous premier Fumio Kishida.
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Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
When a slush fund scandal came to light in 2023, four cabinet ministers, as well as other senior party officials, were replaced by former PM Kishida.
—Lim Hui Jie,matt Clinch, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
Recommended Dignity Once ‘extinct’ in Canada, the Sinixt people are reclaiming their ancestral home
Campaigning amid scandal
Since last November, a few party factions have been accused of failing to report revenue from fundraising parties and amassing millions of dollars in slush funds.
—Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
The men allegedly overpaid contracts using a slush fund to conceal the bribes.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
When a slush fund scandal came to light in 2023, four cabinet ministers, as well as other senior party officials, were replaced by former PM Kishida.
—Lim Hui Jie,matt Clinch, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
Recommended Dignity Once ‘extinct’ in Canada, the Sinixt people are reclaiming their ancestral home
Campaigning amid scandal
Since last November, a few party factions have been accused of failing to report revenue from fundraising parties and amassing millions of dollars in slush funds.
—Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
The men allegedly overpaid contracts using a slush fund to conceal the bribes.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slush%20fund. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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