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lobbyist

Alobbyist is a person whose job it is to convince legislatures or politicians to vote a certain way. (noun)

A person who works for banks and who tries to get politicians to vote yes or no on bills depending on whether the bill helps the bank or not is an example of a lobbyist.

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See lobbyist in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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