Definition of "earmarking" []

• Present participle of earmark. (verb)

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• "The term earmarking, as used in this report, refers to the process by which congressional restrictions are placed on how an agency is to spend appropriated funds."
• "Bush failed on this, allowing Republicans to run rampant in earmarking excess, and Obama has if anything been even worse on this dimension."
• "Guys, I know Democrats are way more corrupt, but indulging in your own earmarking is how Republicans lost power in the first place."