Vested interest
WordNet
noun
(1) Groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
(2) (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
WiktionaryText
Noun
- a right or title that can be conveyed
- a fixed right granted to an employee, especially under a pension plan
- a special interest in protecting whatever is to one's own advantage
- Oct 24, 2007, Patrick Wintour, The Guardian: Honours investigator calls for change in law
- Mr Yates conceded: "These cases are very difficult to prove because they are bargains made in secret. Both parties have an absolute vested interest in those secrets [not] coming out."