(Noun) The new American Citizen, whose everyday vote (Money) matters more than the vote of the original American Citizen.
(Verb) Screwing someone over with the power of money!
(Verb) Screwing someone over with the power of money!
Those lobbyists sure got the win over the majority of American people, when they were able to get the President to retract his proposal on National Healthcare.
Lobbyists...Feeding the rich, while starving the poor!
Democracy, a government ran by the lobbyists for the lobbyists!
Did you see the way Danny lobbied Billy, when trying to get Sally's attention?
Lobbyists...Feeding the rich, while starving the poor!
Democracy, a government ran by the lobbyists for the lobbyists!
Did you see the way Danny lobbied Billy, when trying to get Sally's attention?
by TheLacynator April 29, 2011
Get the Lobbyists mug.A condition in which the democratic will and collective welfare of the populace are subordinated to the entrenched influence of powerful conglomerates, multinational corporations, and strategically positioned non-governmental organisations. These entities, often acting as proxies for the geopolitical and economic priorities of their respective states, exercise disproportionate sway over the political process. In doing so, they erode civic freedoms, curtail liberties, and diminish the agency of ordinary citizens within the public sphere, replacing representative governance with a system governed by private interest, elite patronage, and institutional capture.
Person 1: “So what if 13 Cabinet ministers and 180 MPs have taken money from the pro-Israeli lobby? That is just politics as usual, isn’t it?”
Person 2: “No, that is the Tyranny of the Lobbyists/ Kleptocrats, when those in power serve the interests of wealthy lobbies instead of the people who elected them.”
Person 2: “No, that is the Tyranny of the Lobbyists/ Kleptocrats, when those in power serve the interests of wealthy lobbies instead of the people who elected them.”
by DemocracySold September 2, 2025
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A person who is interested in basically bribing, without actually doing so, US Congressmen. Go against the principles of the Constitution because it makes the Senators and Representatives represent people other than their constituents. Take away the citizen's voice by making Congressmen more concerned with corporate fatcat profits rather than the good of the people.
"The lobbyist tried to get the Senator to pass the bill by buying him a hooker, but the Senator turned out to be gay, so the bill failed."
by commiebobo March 19, 2009
Get the lobbyist mug.Government of the lobbyists, by the lobbyists, and for the lobbyists. Also known as the United States of America.
In the U.S. lobbyism flourishes at the expense of middle class Americans.
Lobbyism is different from capitalism because it is based on greed and bribery; while capitalism implies business conducted on a “level playing field.”
Lobbyism is our government gone corrupt.
Lobbyism brought the U.S. a financial meltdown, a huge recession and the worst environmental disaster in the nation’s history.
We wanted health insurance reform, but lobbyism won; now we have a mandate to buy over-priced health insurance from profiteers.
Lobbyism is different from capitalism because it is based on greed and bribery; while capitalism implies business conducted on a “level playing field.”
Lobbyism is our government gone corrupt.
Lobbyism brought the U.S. a financial meltdown, a huge recession and the worst environmental disaster in the nation’s history.
We wanted health insurance reform, but lobbyism won; now we have a mandate to buy over-priced health insurance from profiteers.
by euphemismo July 1, 2010
Get the lobbyism mug.A guest who spends more time in the lobby than their room. Usually talking to reception staff about uninteresting facts that no body asked about.
Guest: .... and you got to roll your fingers in a downwards motion. Don't tug at it, alot of people think its a tugging motion because it looks that way, but its not...
Receptionist1: oh .... I see?
half an hour later, the guest has just left the lobby. Receptionist is catching up on paper work with a colleague.
Receptionist2: So what was the hotel lobbyist going on about?
Receptionist1:I think he was teaching me how to milk a cow or something?
Receptionist1: oh .... I see?
half an hour later, the guest has just left the lobby. Receptionist is catching up on paper work with a colleague.
Receptionist2: So what was the hotel lobbyist going on about?
Receptionist1:I think he was teaching me how to milk a cow or something?
by Shaniak June 7, 2010
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by krock1dk@yahoo.com August 15, 2007
Get the lobbyist mug.The current economic/political system in the United States in which whoever can pay the best lobbyist can skew (and screw) the laws and economic system to their own benefit.It is an extremely corrupted form of capitalism in which the labor of many benefit the fewest possible.
Occupy Wall Street is actually a show of disatisfaction with the current economic system of lobbyistism.
by wizzbang56 October 13, 2011
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