junkets
Funded pleasure travels
Junkets are trips or outings, especially ones funded by public money or a corporate expense account.
The word carries a whiff of disapproval—suggesting the travel is more pleasure than business: Congressional junkets to Caribbean resorts.
Originally a junket was a feast or banquet, and that sense of indulgence lingers.
In casinos, a junket is an organized trip for high-rolling gamblers, often with complimentary travel and lodging.
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- rennetMilk-curdling enzyme complex
- curdsCoagulated milk solids
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- creamRich milk fat
sweetened · blancmange · flan · pudding · mousse · set · chilled · whey
Brief recreational trip
- outingShort recreational trip
- jauntBrief recreational trip
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
voyage · expedition · safari · trek · journey · sojourn · odyssey · pilgrimage
Formal celebratory meal
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
wining · dining · lavish · extravagant · hospitality · catering · gourmet · sumptuous
Wasteful, impractical endeavor
- freebieItem given gratis
- perkEmployment bonus
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
bribery · patronage · pork-barrel · earmarks · logrolling · cronyism · backroom
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
- delegateEntrust authority to another
representative · consul · attaché · deputation · mission · liaison · commission · summit
custard
Cooked egg-milk mixture
cream · sweetened · blancmange · flan · pudding · mousse · set · chilled · whey · coagulated
excursion
Brief recreational trip
tour · voyage · expedition · safari · trek · journey · sojourn · odyssey · pilgrimage · itinerary
banquet
Formal celebratory meal
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
entertainment · wining · dining · lavish · extravagant · hospitality · catering · gourmet · sumptuous · spread
boondoggle
Wasteful, impractical endeavor
kickbacks · bribery · patronage · pork-barrel · earmarks · logrolling · cronyism · backroom
diplomat
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
delegate · representative · consul · attaché · deputation · mission · liaison · commission · summit · negotiation
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- government ethicsethics board, ethics committee, ethics rules, ethics violation, ethics violations
- fiscal abusegraft, kickbacks, misappropriation, misuse of funds, waste
- lobbyinglobbying, lobby, lobbyist, lobbyists, lobbying firms
- media ethicsjournalism ethics, media ethics, media bias, journalistic ethics, journalistic integrity
- political perkssalary, base salary, per diem, allowances, expense account
junketsbudget travel
Low-cost trip planning
austerity measures · economy class · roughing it · staycations · backpacking
junketsfact-finding missions
Investigative trips seeking truth
business trips · official duties · field work · site inspections · work obligations
- press junketPromotional media event tour