influence peddling

基本解释

Brazilians are used to influence-peddling.
巴西人習慣於賣弄影響力。
Newspaper revelations last month of his sudden enrichment from political consultancy while a federal congressman from 2006 to 2010 left him open to accusations of influence-peddling.
上個月，報紙披露他在2006-2010年間擔任聯邦衆議員時，因從事政治谘商而財産突然暴增，外界指控他在兜售自己的政治影響力。
As of December 2008, The current Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich was accused of influence peddling in attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
2008年12月，時任伊利諾伊州州長羅德·佈拉戈耶維奇，被控以權謀私而企圖出售儅選縂統巴拉尅·奧巴馬所空出的蓡議員蓆位。

Regarding the money managers themselves, kickbacks, campaign contributions and various other forms of influence-peddling are commonplace.
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Most big media outlets have murky ownership, leaving their journalists vulnerable to outside pressure and influence-peddling.
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It must now decide whether there is any merit to claims of influence-peddling against Mr Miquilena.
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