pressure\ group

pressure\ group
n. phr.
An organization whose goal it is to create changes by lobbying for the benefit of its own members.

Certain unscrupulous pressure groups stop at nothing to achieve their selfish aims.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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