'Lobbying' definitions:
Definition of 'Lobbying'
From: GCIDE
- Lobby \Lob"by\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lobbied; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbying.] To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision-makers in any circumstance. [U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lobbying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allurement,
- backscratching,
- backstairs influence,
- blandishment,
- Byzantine intrigues,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- coaxing,
- connections,
- conning,
- deals,
- engagement,
- enlistment,
- exhortation,
- games,
- hortation,
- inducement,
- influence peddling,
- intrigues,
- jawboning,
- lobbyism,
- logrolling,
- persuasion,
- ploys,
- political influence,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- public opinion,
- ropes,
- sales talk,
- salesmanship,
- schemes,
- selling,
- snow job,
- social pressure,
- soft soap,
- solicitation,
- special-interest pressure,
- strings,
- suasion,
- sweet talk,
- wheedling,
- wire-pulling,
- wires,
- working on