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n. - The meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations.

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  • It is especially appropriate to use the term backroom or back alley, as that is where poor women will be getting their abortions.
  • Too often the interests of the community are betrayed in backroom deals.
  • BTW, how much did it take in backroom deals to buy this group off for their support?
  • There is a need for those we have being allowed to do their job rather than sitting in backroom jobs or doing paperwork.
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