law-makers, legislative assembly, legislature, general assembly - persons who make or amend or repeal laws

pork barrel, pork - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"

incorporation - including by incorporation

acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

borrowing, adoption - the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

pre-emption, preemption - a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"

seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process

requisition, sequestration - seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized