( pressure groups)
A pressure group is an organized group of people who are trying to persuade a government or other authority to do something, for example to change a law.
...the environmental pressure group Greenpeace.
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PRESSURE GROUP
Meaning of PRESSURE GROUP in English
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006