influence peddling

基本解释

Brazilians are used to influence-peddling.
巴西人习惯于卖弄影响力。
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.
上个月，报纸披露他在2006-2010年间担任联邦众议员时，因从事政治谘商而财产突然暴增，外界指控他在兜售自己的政治影响力。
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，时任伊利诺伊州州长罗德·布拉戈耶维奇，被控以权谋私而企图出售当选总统巴拉克·奥巴马所空出的参议员席位。

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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