noun
- people who go on junkets, especially officials who take trips at public expense
Usage: informal; often disapproving
Examples
- The newspaper criticized the junketeers who traveled to Europe on taxpayer money.
- Several city council junketeers attended the expensive conference in Hawaii.
- Critics called the delegation nothing more than junketeers seeking a free vacation.
- The audit revealed that many junketeers had little to show for their costly trips.
- Voters were angry about the junketeers who spent public funds on luxury accommodations.
- The mayor promised to crack down on junketeers in city government.