political action committee

political action committee

n. Abbr. PAC

A committee formed by business, labor, or other special-interest groups to raise money and make contributions to the campaigns of political candidates whom they support.

Thesaurus

Noun

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political action committee - committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates PAC commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle