Usually means: Allocating government funds for local gain.
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  1. pork-barrelling: Wordnik
  2. pork-barrelling, pork barrelling: Wiktionary
  3. Pork barrelling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. pork-barrelling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pork barrelling)

noun:  Alternative form of pork-barrelling [(politics) The practice of giving favours or money to voters in connection with a candidate for a current or future election, in order to sway enough voters so that the candidate will win.]

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