Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fund in a manof-war made up from the proceeds of the sale of slush, customarily used for a variety of purposes; also, the funds or receipts from the sale of slush in a camp or garrison.
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Examples
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The watchdog group Media Matters fact-checked Mattera's claims about a $7 billion jungle gym slush-fund in the health care bill.
Al Franken Takes On Jason Mattera (VIDEO): 'You Have To Shut Up Right Now' 2010
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The watchdog group Media Matters fact-checked Mattera's claims about a $7 billion jungle gym slush-fund in the health care bill.
Al Franken Takes On Jason Mattera (VIDEO): 'You Have To Shut Up Right Now' 2010
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The CanWest News Service article entitled Funding for minority groups to challenge federal laws under review reports that the program, first set up under former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 'has been the target of harsh criticism from social conservatives and critics of so-called judicial activism, who assert the initiative is a slush-fund for left-leaning groups to circumvent the will of elected legislators by challenging them in court'.
Archive 2008-01-01 Michel-Adrien Sheppard 2008
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The CanWest News Service article entitled Funding for minority groups to challenge federal laws under review reports that the program, first set up under former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 'has been the target of harsh criticism from social conservatives and critics of so-called judicial activism, who assert the initiative is a slush-fund for left-leaning groups to circumvent the will of elected legislators by challenging them in court'.
Partial Restoration of Court Challenges Program Michel-Adrien Sheppard 2008
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The CanWest News Service article entitled Funding for minority groups to challenge federal laws under review reports that the program, first set up under former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 'has been the target of harsh criticism from social conservatives and critics of so-called judicial activism, who assert the initiative is a slush-fund for left-leaning groups to circumvent the will of elected legislators by challenging them in court'.
Archive 2008-06-01 Michel-Adrien Sheppard 2008
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As a member of Kohl's inner circle, he was immediately tainted last November when prosecutors and German press reports first revealed that the former chancellor personally ran the slush-fund system during his 25 years as party chairman.
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If the party in Congress now comes back with its pork-infested version of the bill complete with ACORN slush-fund and drilling-ban and passes it without Republican support, they could get royally slaughtered in November.
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In 2000, amid a party slush-fund scandal, she helped bring down her mentor, Kohl, and took over the party leadership.
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The money dispersed by FEMA has, in the past, been regarded as a slush-fund by Republican administrations to pimp for votes in communities which declare emergencies.
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Everyone on the left “knows” that the faith-based initiative is a slush-fund, a jackpot for religious conservatives.
Not Tempted by ‘Tempting Faith’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2006
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