vested interest

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noun

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