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. Robert McEntyre:

   It's unfortunate that the union and their special-interest allies would rather spend resources on frivolous litigation in courtrooms than better instruction in our classrooms.

2. Harry Reid:

   I have never seen debate shut down as aggressively as when Senator McConnell refused to allow Democratic senators to debate their own amendments for a single minute, i’m disappointed that so far, the Republican Senate has spent all of its time on a special-interest giveaway to help a Canadian oil company ship foreign oil overseas.

3. Mo Brooks:

   The establishment is rallying behind a registered lobbyist as their candidate and that registered lobbyist of course has made a lot of friends in special interest groups and members of those special interest groups. And they're pouring money into her campaign.

4. Jody Hice:

   We have at least now 62 different government agencies that have identified they have a problem with people using 'official time' -- that would be union activities, special interest and political activity for unions rather than the purpose for which they were hired by those individual agencies.

5. Mayor William Carpenter:

   The whole thing just seems unfair to me, i don’t know if Brockton will ultimately be granted the license or not from the state gaming commission, but I know our opportunities should not be taken away by a piece of special-interest legislation.