Word
special interest, n.
an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
<noun.group>
advocacy group
lobby
lobby group
pressure group
special interest
special interest group
special-interest group
third house
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lobbyist
lobby
semantic pointers
hypernym
interest, interest group
political unit, political entity
hyponym
National Rifle Association, NRA