1. a trip or outing, especially one taken for pleasure at public expense
Usage: often implies criticism of wasteful spending

1. going on trips or outings, especially at public expense
Usage: present participle of ‘junket’

Examples

• The senator was criticized for his expensive junketing to Europe.
• City officials were accused of junketing while the budget was tight.
• The company’s executives went junketing to luxury resorts.
• Taxpayers complained about politicians’ constant junketing.
• The mayor defended the trade mission, denying it was mere junketing.
• Board members were junketing to conferences in tropical locations.