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Influence peddling - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Svengali, Vip, Access, Acme, Advance, Affect, Alter, Amperage, Animation, Ascendancy, Authority, Authorization, Beef, Bend, Bias |
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Influence peddling is the practice of using one's influence with persons in authority to obtain favors or preferential treatment for another, usually in return for payment. Also called traffic of influence.
See also: corruption, bribery, logrolling
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Example Usage of Influence |
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ewmonster: @BillBoorman EXCELLENT! Nice to see I can Influence from thousands of miles away. Still want to come bad enough to pop in for the day... |
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howtodesigntips: Blogger Joe Glasse: Does pharmaceutical have Influence over Congresswoman Kosmas? http://bit.ly/Yii3j |
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tasiamagdalena: RT @biblejournal: Romans 6:2 "That's unthinkable! As far as sin is concerned, we have died. So how can we still live under sin's Influence?" |
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