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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

special interest
    n 1: an individual or group who are concerned with some
         particular part of the economy and who try to influence
         legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor