English Dictionary

dark money

名詞

アメリカ英語 不可算名詞

(US politics) Funds used to pay for an election campaign that are not disclosed to voters prior to voting, whether spent on behalf of a candidate running in an election, or to influence voting on a ballot.

日本語の意味

選挙キャンペーンの費用として用いられる資金で、有権者に事前に開示されず、候補者の支援や投票への影響を目的として使用される不透明な政治献金

Voters were alarmed to learn that dark money had financed most of the advertising in the final weeks before the election.

有権者たちは、選挙の最終数週間に出された広告の大部分が未開示の選挙資金によって賄われていたと知って驚いた。

意味（1）

(US politics) Funds used to pay for an election campaign that are not disclosed to voters prior to voting, whether spent on behalf of a candidate running in an election, or to influence voting on a ballot.

In Colorado, at least $18 million in dark money was spent on behalf of Cory Gardner, the Republican newly elected to the Senate; $4 million was spent on behalf of Senator Mark Udall, the Democratic incumbent.