Definition
junketers
noun
- people who go on trips or outings, especially those paid for by someone else or by public funds
Usage: often implies trips taken for pleasure rather than business necessity
Examples
- The senator criticized the government junketers who spent taxpayer money on luxury vacations.
- Corporate junketers attended the conference in Hawaii at company expense.
- The newspaper exposed a group of city council junketers who took an expensive trip to Europe.
- Many viewed the officials as junketers rather than serious public servants.
- The audit revealed that the junketers had spent thousands on entertainment and dining.
- Critics called them junketers for accepting the all-expenses-paid trip to the resort.