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pressure group
noun
- an interest group that attempts to influence legislation through the use of lobbying techniques and propaganda.
pressure group
noun
- a group of people who seek to exert pressure on legislators, public opinion, etc, in order to promote their own ideas or welfare
pressure group
- An organized group that tries to influence the government to adopt certain policies or measures. Also called an interest group . ( See lobby .)
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pressure group1
Example Sentences
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.
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".
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.
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.
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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