slush fund

Example Sentences

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"PACs are often used as slush funds," Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the good government nonprofit Common Cause, told CNN.

From Salon

“Basically, they proposed and voted through this thing that ended up being like a legal slush fund for them,” he said.

From New York Times

McLaren also accused Ajan, a Hungarian who was at the I.W.F. for 45 years, of using the federation’s bank accounts as a personal slush fund, and of maintaining power by buying votes.

From New York Times

Among other things, the measure would provide billions of dollars for the United Nations Green Climate Fund, which Republicans dismissed as a "slush fund" for the world body.

From Reuters

Irizarry’s defense attorney contended in recent court filings that the accounts in question amounted to a profit-producing “slush fund” for official and personal travel of federal law enforcement, U.S. prosecutors and confidential sources.

From Seattle Times