(n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.

bias boodle campaign contribution campaign fund discrimination favoritism graft inclination inequality interest involvement leaning one-sidedness parti pris partiality partisanism partisanship preference preferential treatment public tit public trough slush fund spoils of office spoils system undetachment undispassionateness unneutrality