Usually means: Allocating government funds for local projects.
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  1. pork-barreling: Merriam-Webster
  2. pork-barreling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pork-barreling: Vocabulary.com
  4. pork-barreling: Wordnik
  5. pork-barreling: Dictionary.com
  6. pork-barreling: Rhymezone
  7. pork-barreling: FreeDictionary.org
  8. pork-barreling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. pork-barreling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. pork-barreling: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Pork-barreling)

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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