Term: special interest: an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor
Candidate hypernym: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims → 1
Candidate hypernym: government accounting office: an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: regulator: any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: heart cherry: any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits → 0
Candidate hypernym: escalade: an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) → 0
Candidate hypernym: keelson: a longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it → 0
Candidate hypernym: federal bureau of prisons: the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes → 0
Candidate hypernym: inverted pleat: a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward → 0
Candidate hypernym: bladder disorder: a disorder of the urinary bladder → 0
Candidate hypernym: imprecation: a slanderous accusation → 0
Candidate hypernym: crew: the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.) → 0