Term: pork-barreling: acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: stickiness: the property of sticking to a surface
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: contingency procedure: an alternative to the normal procedure; triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: scenic railway: small railway in an amusement park
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: columbo: any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: mandarin: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: serial monogamy: a succession of short monogamous relationships (as by someone who undergoes multiple divorces)
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: hail: many objects thrown forcefully through the air
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: suffragan: an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: capitonidae: barbets
Broader: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | Unrelated: acarine: mite or tick