A person who exposes excessive expenses claims made by politicians and other public servants.
he wants to transform himself from a perk-buster into a statesman
Example sentencesExamples
As Parliament's self-appointed perk-buster, he should support any move towards greater transparency and accountability.
It's been revealed that this perk-buster extraordinaire went on a 3-week, taxpayer-funded holiday.
He built his political persona as a "perk-buster" by working with Sunday newspaper journalists on a series of "scoops" which undermined others' reputations.
The tragedy of the situation with the party is that it styled itself as the perk-buster of New Zealand.
It said it would be the perk-buster party that made sure that every dollar was accounted for.
But of course the perk-buster calls for accountability everywhere except in his own personal circumstances.
To this day he refuses to answer why it was he - the perk-buster - who did nothing when he came back from that scam conference to go after the people who ripped off millions of dollars from hundreds of New Zealanders.
He said his credibility as a perk-buster has not taken a knock.
It is the party that was going to be the perk-buster.
He uncovered several scandals and earned the label "perk-buster".