Synonyms for special interest
spe·cial inter·est

Princeton's WordNet

1. special interestnoun

   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

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1. Mark Brnovich:

   It is illegal and unconscionable for the federal government to force the release of dangerous criminals into Arizona communities when they are required to be deported by statute, upholding the rule of law and preserving public safety must always come before any political or special interest group agendas.

2. Dick Durbin:

   In case after case, he favored corporations, lawyers and the special interest elite … over workers, consumers, people of disability and victims of discrimination.

3. Henry Cuellar:

   I'm one of the best fundraisers in Washington, and she outraised me. In ordinary times, that wouldn't have happened, over the course of the last two elections, radical special interest groups spent over $10 million in an attempt to push their out-of-touch, New York values on Texans. But you, the voters, stopped them.

4. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   Not a (typical) politician ... but somebody that's going to go in, do the job, not pay attention to all the special interest groups, change the status quo, shift power out of Washington and get America on the track again with strength in our military as well.

5. James Scott:

   I watch Fox news for the comedy, MSNBC when I need to be reminded that mind midgets exist and CNN when I want to check out the latest in media lies and special interest propaganda. On the other 364 days of the year I read the American transcendentalists, David Hume, Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Niccolo Machiavelli and Diogenes of Sinope.