pinstripe patronage
n.— «These legalized kickback practices were gradually whittled away by court decisions. The real money thereafter came not from lunch-bucket jobs but from what has come to be called “pinstripe patronage.”» —“Time for ‘pike commission to hit the road” by Bill Keisling Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) Mar. 23, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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