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in·flu·ence ped·dling

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  1. influence peddlingnoun

    a type of corruption in which people use their connections with governments to gain favors or preferential treatment for a third party, usually in return for money.

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  1. Influence peddling

    Influence peddling is the illegal practice of using one's influence in government or connections with persons in authority to obtain favors or preferential treatment for another, usually in return for payment. Also called traffic of influence or trading in influence. In fact, influence peddling is not necessarily illegal as OECD has often used the term "undue influence peddling" to refer to illegal acts of lobbying. However, influence peddling bears the stench of corruption that may de-legitimize democratic politics with the general public.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of influence peddling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of influence peddling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of influence peddling in a Sentence

  1. Joe Biden:

    And I think the influence peddling with respect to the Trump administration will be a part of our overall investigation, because both Democrats and Republicans have complained about this with the previous two administrations, so something needs to be done. Also, something needs to be done with respect to how classified documents leave the White House and go to the post-presidency.... That's another issue we will try to fix from a legislative point of view.

  2. Jake Tapper:

    I mean, there are questions about influence peddling when it comes to the Trump family, there's questions about visitor logs when it comes to Mar-a-Lago.

  3. James Comer:

    We’re looking at it on House Oversight and Accountability Committee from a Hunter Biden family influence peddling deal and from the angle that we have legislative restriction over the National Archives.

  4. James Comer:

    The American people deserve transparency and accountability about the Biden family’s influence peddling.

  5. Joe Biden:

    Even in a city where influence-peddling isa virtual cottage industry, the Bidens took the corrupt practice to a truly Olympian level.


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