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pressure group

noun

  1. an interest group that attempts to influence legislation through the use of lobbying techniques and propaganda.


pressure group

noun

  1. a group of people who seek to exert pressure on legislators, public opinion, etc, in order to promote their own ideas or welfare
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pressure group

  1. An organized group that tries to influence the government to adopt certain policies or measures. Also called an interest group . ( See lobby .)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pressure group1

First recorded in 1925鈥30
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The pressure group Fighting Dirty has threatened legal proceedings against the EA over what it called a "lack of action" over the issue of tyre exports.

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Loveena Tandon from pressure group Education Not Taxation said "it's not really a tax sector because the entire sector contributes billions to the economy".

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Whether on welfare, defence or planning, another MP describes them as "pop-up pressure groups", publicly calling for No 10 to push its reforms harder, and further.

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He added that courts were facing pressure 鈥渇rom lobbies and pressure groups鈥 and they would praise a decision critical of the government, but if he ruled in favour of the government, they questioned his independence.

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According to the pro-Israel pressure group, UN Watch, Unifil 鈥渄id nothing鈥 as 鈥淗ezbollah was digging tunnels to invade Israel, kidnap & attack Israeli civilians鈥 and embedding missiles in civilian homes.鈥

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