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wheeling
 n.— «Kean and Lance said the Democratic proposals don’t address the practice of “wheeling” whereby contributors “launder” contributions by making them to a different county political organization, which in turn donate the money to the contributor’s county organization.» —“Dem: Comprehensive ethics reform in works” by Larry Higgs Courier-News (N.J.) Apr. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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