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
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: 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
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: regulator: any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: heart cherry: any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: escalade: an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: keelson: a longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: 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
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: inverted pleat: a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: bladder disorder: a disorder of the urinary bladder
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: imprecation: a slanderous accusation
Broader: interest: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Unrelated: crew: the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)