the practice of undemocratic agreements between politicians involving mutual favours, the trading of votes, etc another name for birling
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log•roll•ing
(lôg′rō′ling, log′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Government[U.S. Politics.]the exchange of support or favors, esp. by legislators for mutual political gain as by voting for each other's bills.
- cronyism or mutual favoritism among writers, editors, or critics, as in the form of reciprocal flattering reviews;
back scratching. - the action of rolling logs to a particular place.
- the action of rotating a log rapidly in the water by treading upon it, esp. as a competitive sport;
birling.
- log1 + rolling 1785–95, American.
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log•roll
(lôg′rōl′, log′-),USA pronunciation [U.S. Politics.]
v.t.
v.i.
log′roll′er, n.
v.t.
- Governmentto procure the passage of (a bill) by logrolling.
v.i.
- Governmentto engage in political logrolling.
- back formation from logrolling 1825–35, American.
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to use logrolling in order to procure the passage of (legislation)
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