Synonyms for vested interest
vested in·ter·est

Princeton's WordNet

1. vested interestnoun

   (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another

2. vested interestnoun

   groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit

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1. • Interest
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1. Jaimie Fuller:

   It's hard to take seriously a reform committee of FIFA that is full of football and Olympic insiders and officials, all of whom have an implicit conflict of interest through their roles as well as a vested interest in maintaining as much of the status quo as they can get away with.

2. Brigadier General James Linder:

   The Lake Chad nations are battling Boko Haram and we have a vested interest in that group of nations' collective success ... What Boko Harm is doing is a murderous rampage, about brutality intolerance and subjugation, our national leadership has been very clear that more was going to be done ... There is an ongoing discussion on how will we provide additional tools, techniques, and material to partner nations.

3. Jason Stearns:

   The big question is whether this is part of a larger strategy of delaying elections, everyone who is in this new government has a vested interest in staying in government as long as possible.

4. Barney Rush:

   These are longstanding town residents, they have a very keen interest in town affairs, many of them owned property and so they had a vested interest in how the town conducted itself, for us, it was really just a matter of recognizing people living in the town.

5. Joseph Schumpeter:

   Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.