族ぞく議ぎ員いん

noun

pork-barrel politician; special-interest politician

A politician who acts as a lobbyist for specific industries or interest groups, often securing government benefits for them. The term carries a critical nuance of collusion between politicians and private sectors.

• 族ぞく議ぎ員いんの影えい響きょうで、その業ぎょう界かいへの補ほ助じょ金きんが増ふえた。

  Due to the influence of pork-barrel politicians, subsidies for that industry increased.

• 彼かれは建けん設せつ族ぞくの族ぞく議ぎ員いんとして知しられている。

  He is known as a pork-barrel politician for the construction industry.