Beltway bandit

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A consulting or research company that mostly carries out work for US government departments or agencies. informal
    — He worked for a beltway bandit firm, doing engineering work. He computed trajectories on missiles... that kind of thing.
  2. An employee of such a firm, especially a former employee of the firm's clients. informal
  3. A short-term money lender to contractors working for the US government but waiting for US congressional appropriations. informal
    — [He] turned out to be what is called a "Beltway bandit," lending money at short-term high (but legal) rates to government contractors low on cash who are awaiting congressional appropriation funding.

词形变化

Beltway bandits plural
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