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lobby
verb
-
lobby
,
lobbying
,
lobbies
,
lobbied
to
try
to
persuade
politicians
or
public
officials
to
support
or
oppose
a
plan
,
law
,
or
decision
•
The
activists
lobbied
parliament
to
declare
a
climate
emergency
.
The
activists
lobbied
parliament
to
declare
a
climate
emergency
.
•
Tech
companies
are
lobbying
hard
against
the
proposed
data-privacy
bill
.
Tech
companies
are
lobbying
hard
against
the
proposed
data-privacy
bill
.
Verb
use
recorded
from
the
1830s
,
based
on
the
noun
sense
of
meeting
politicians
in
the
lobby
.
