1. a trip or excursion, especially one taken by an official at public expense
Usage: often implies unnecessary or extravagant spending
2. a sweet dessert made from milk curdled with rennet
Usage: traditional dessert

1. to go on a trip or excursion, especially at someone else’s expense
Usage: informal

Examples

• The senator was criticized for his expensive junket to Europe.
• City officials went on a fact-finding junket to study other transit systems.
• My grandmother used to make junket for dessert on Sundays.
• The vanilla junket was served with fresh berries.
• Corporate executives often junket to luxury resorts for conferences.
• The delegation will junket to three countries this month.
• Taxpayers questioned the need for another government junket.