单词	slush funds
释义	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 Example Sentences a secret slush fund for paying bribes Recent Examples on the Web This is a as good a plan as the slush fund at the county are a bad plan. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 13 July 2022 In the days leading up to this Summer Olympics, a crew of drivers and mechanics called Sanggye-dong Supreme Team uncovers some fishy business involving a VIP slush fund. Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 July 2022 What are the latest slush fund projects that Cuyahoga County Council members have proposed? Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 July 2022 The problem is that the 340B program has become a slush fund for its other participants, the large, supposedly nonprofit hospitals and health systems. Ted Okon, STAT, 8 July 2022 Return the $6 billion surplus to taxpayers instead of treating it like a slush fund. Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2022 Is the plan by Cuyahoga County Council to create $66 million in slush funds legal in the charter, and what do the people running to be the new county executive think of the slush fund plan? Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022 Council woman, Cheryl Stevens promised $120,000 of her slush fund. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022 That would be a great way to spend that one-time money from opera instead of giving it to county council is a slush fund. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1 slush funds noun plural of slush fund as in stimuli Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance stimuli incentives motivations stimulations spurs seductions incitements provocations baits cumshaws temptations instigations inducements bribes allurements fixes lures enticements sops backhanders turn-ons decoys baksheeshs boodles goads boosts payoffs encouragements snares traps flatteries persuasions kickbacks
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