backroom

backroom
backroom [bak′ro͞om′; ] for adj. [ bak′ro͞om΄]
n.
a place outside the purview of the public where political or business deals are brokered: also back room
adj.
designating or of an activity carried on in or as in a backroom; behind-the-scenes: also back-room

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back·room (băkʹro͞omʹ, -ro͝omʹ) n. or back room
1. A room located at the rear.
2. The meeting place used by an inconspicuous controlling group.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or taking place in a backroom:

backroom card games.

2. Marked by the exercise of inconspicuous control and maneuvering:

backroom politics.

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