slush fund

Definition of Slush Fund in English :

1. slush fund

a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slush Fund

noun

1.

a fund for financing political or commercial corruption

2. US nautical

a fund accumulated from the sale of slush from the galley

1. Obsolete

a fund established aboard ship from the sale of refuse fat, etc. and used to buy small luxuries

2.

money used for bribery, political pressure, or other corrupt purposes

n.

1. A fund raised for undesignated purposes, especially:

a. A fund raised by a group for corrupt practices, such as bribery or graft.

b. A fund used by a group, as for entertainment.

2. Money formerly raised by the sale of garbage from a warship to buy small items of luxury for the crew.