levy vs pork barrel

levy

noun
  • The tax, property or people so levied. 

  • The act of levying. 

verb
  • To raise, as a siege. 

  • To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. 

  • To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up. 

  • To draft someone into military service. 

  • To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc. 

  • To wage war. 

  • To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. 

pork barrel

noun
  • A ready supply of income; one's livelihood. 

  • State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters. 

How often have the words levy and pork barrel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )