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political influence peddling  

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  • Influence peddling is often viewed as synonymous with bribery, the practice of using money, wealth, personal undertaking, or gifts to purchase a favorable outcome or decision from an official, government officeholder, or public authority. Typically, bribery involves direct provision of financial inducements by a private interest to a public official in exchange for a decision beneficial to the purchaser. [Source: Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime & Justice; Political Influence Peddling]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/political_influence_peddling

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