Definition of Political action committee

1. Noun. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.

Exact synonyms: Pac
Generic synonyms: Commission, Committee

Lexicographical Neighbors of Political Action Committee

politburo
politburos
polite
polite fiction
polite society
politeia
politely
politeness
politenesses
politer
politesse
politesses
politest
politic
political
political action committee (current term)
political arena
political asylum
political boss
political campaign
political climate
political commissar
political conservative
political conservatives
political consumerism
political contribution
political correctitude
political correctness
political correctnesses
political detainee

Literary usage of Political action committee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society by American Bureau of Industrial Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Eugene Allen Gilmore, John Rogers Commons, Helen Laura Sumner (1910)
"(d) PLATFORM AND POLITICAL ACTION [Committee on political organization:] Your committee to whom was referred the subject of National Labor Organization, ..."

2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"Channell used tion Fund (ACT-SEF) as a state political action committee to take advantage of state laws allowing corporate contributions to such entities. ..."

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