slush fund

English

Etymology

Originally in reference to money for miscellaneous uses that sailors made by selling slush (“a soft mixture of grease and other ingredients”).

Noun

slush fund (plural slush funds)

1. Money stored for illegal or dishonest purposes.

   He is said to have used his party’s slush fund to buy votes in the election.

   • 2008, Illiad, Userfriendly.org, “The Large Hadron Collider Game”

     CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Tale all pennies from the CERN space.

Translations

money stored for illegal or dishonest purposes

• French: caisse noire (fr) f
• Greek: μαύρο ταμείο n (mávro tameío)
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• Italian: fondo nero m