fund-raiser
n.— «A lot of them were involved in crime anyway, carrying out fund-raisers, as they called them, to financially support their own organizations.» —“Talk of the Nation: Belfast Bank Heist Has Hollywood Echoes” NPR Dec. 22, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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