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soft money
noun1 funds indirectly routed to campaigns in a manner that evades contribution limits; used to refer to the past practice of passing unlimited donations through political parties, which was outlawed by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the so-called soft money ban on state and local parties, prompting opponents of the restriction to turn their pleas for repeal to Congress.— Roll Call
Smith 'secretly and unlawfully funneled $67,000' in 'soft money' from Kelsey's Senate campaign committee to a national organization, the American Conservative Union, that paid for radio and digital ads backing Kelsey's campaign, according to the indictment.— Tennessee Lookout