Campaign Finance Terminology

noun a type of funding for political campaigns where the true source of the money is not disclosed

• The political candidate was accused of receiving dark money from unknown sources.
• I heard that some of the campaign funding is coming from dark money.
• They're using dark money to finance their agenda.
• Dark money is like a shadow lurking behind the scenes of politics.

noun a type of political action committee that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to support or oppose political candidates

• The super PAC spent millions of dollars on advertisements during the election campaign.
• Did you hear about that super PAC spending all that money on ads?
• That super PAC is throwing cash around like there's no tomorrow.
• The super PAC is like a money-guzzling monster, devouring funds for its own agenda.