Definition of "slush fund" []

• A fund raised for undesignated purposes, especially: (noun)
• A fund raised by a group for corrupt practices, such as bribery or graft. (noun)
• A fund used by a group, as for entertainment. (noun)
• Money formerly raised by the sale of garbage from a warship to buy small items of luxury for the crew. (noun)

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• "The take on illegal gambling's our only slush fund — a lot of it goes to pay our ring of informers."
• "On Election Day I was given a $15,000 cash slush fund by the New Jersey Republican State Committee to pay the supposedly unpaid “volunteers.”"