| vested interest 
 
 1. (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
 • Topics:
 law, jurisprudence
 • Hypernyms:
 interest, stake
 2. groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
 • Hypernyms:
 interest, interest group
 • Hyponyms:
 military-industrial complex
 
 
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