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logroll

[lawg-rohl, log-]

log·roll

[lawg-rohl, log-] U.S. Politics.
verb (used with object)
1.
to procure the passage of (a bill) by logrolling.
verb (used without object)
2.
to engage in political logrolling.

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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; back formation from logrolling

log·roll·er, noun
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logroll (ˈlɒɡˌrəʊl)
 
vb
chiefly (US) to use logrolling in order to procure the passage of (legislation)
 
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