ˈpork ˌbarrel noun [singular, uncountable] American English informal
a government plan to increase the amount of money spent in a particular area, done in order to gain a political advantage – used to show disapproval:
pork-barrel spending

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pork barrel
[American, informal]
the action by a government of spending money in an area in order to make themselves more popular with the people there.
He was critical of these new, expensive job programs as just a form of pork barrel.

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pork-barrel
[American, informal]
pork barrel - the action by a government of spending money in an area in order to make themselves more popular with the people there.
The President needs to find a way to block these wasteful pork-barrel projects coming from Congress.
(always before noun)

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