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super PAC

super PAC noun: a political action committee which may support a political candidate, and officially endorse one, but is legally bound to not coordinate with any candidate, and is not limited in financial contributions from donors or financial spending.

Noun

super PAC (plural super PACs)

  1. (US) A political action committee which may support a political candidate, and officially endorse one, but is legally bound to not coordinate with any candidate, and is not limited in financial contributions from donors or financial spending.
    • Court decisions have established that super PACs are supposed to act independently of a candidate, with no coordination permitted. But the indictment focused on the suspicious timing of hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to Mr. Menendez’s re-election campaign from a generous friend who...2015 April 13, “On the Trail of Super PAC Money”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022
    • Mr. Musk remains Mr. Trump’s biggest political financial supporter — just this week his super PAC aired $1 million worth of ads that said, “Thank you, President Trump”[…].2025 March 7, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, “Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2025
    Synonyms:
    independent-expenditure only committee

Synonyms of super PAC

  • independent-expenditure only committee

Forms of super PAC

pluralsuper PACs

Origin of super PAC

Coined by reporter Eliza Newlin Carney in 2010.

Questions about super PAC

What does super PAC mean?
Super PAC means a political action committee which may support a political candidate, and officially endorse one, but is legally bound to not coordinate with any candidate, and is not limited in financial contributions from donors or financial spending.
What part of speech is super PAC?
Super PAC is a noun.
What is the plural of super PAC?
The plural of super PAC is super PACs.

Words near super PAC in the dictionary

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  8. super page
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