Definition of "rubber-stamp" []

• To mark with the imprint of a rubber stamp. (verb-transitive)
• To endorse, vote for, or approve without question or deliberation. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "On his return, he called his rubber-stamp parliament into session for Friday, August 11, to approve some plan that was not immediately disclosed."
• "Simultaneously, senior military officers came to realize that the Obama administration would not simply rubber-stamp their requests for large-scale ramp-ups in troops and resources that would then go on for more than four years."
• "For instance, ordinary Chinese are running for election in local legislative bodies that are usually rubber-stamp bodies filled with reliable worthies chosen by the Party."