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. 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.

2. Megan Fox:

   I would describe myself as a seeker. A seeker is someone who is never content to have obtained enough knowledge. History only gives us a one-sided view of the truth. That’s something I know from personal experience. My own history has been rewritten by other people who had a vested interest in changing the narrative, i haven’t spent my entire life building a career in academia so I don’t have to worry about my reputation or being rebuked by my colleagues, which allows me to push back on the status quo. So much of our history needs to be re-examined.

3. Laura Ingraham:

   They have always been planning to run Hillary as president so the idea of Hillary being secretary of state and the Clinton Foundation getting donations from groups and countries including those in the Middle East that had a vested interest in turning policy a certain way, that goes to the very heart of the public’s concern about corruption in government.

4. Hoshiyar Zebari:

   We have a vested interest in this deal because we believe it will reduce tensions. Basically we don't want Iraq to be a score-settling ground between the United States and Iran.

5. Stephen Mather:

   The parks do not belong to one state or to one section, the Yosemite, the Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon are national properties in which every citizen has a vested interest; they belong as much to the man of Massachusetts, of Michigan, of Florida, as they do to the people of California, of Wyoming, and of Arizona.