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• n  a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
• n  a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
• n  (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
• v  bestow a privilege upon

• Generally, a certain allowance of privilege is given to situations that appear to concern issues of national security or deliberative privacy.
• The upshot is that too few courts have ruled on Executive privilege to give Congress or the President much help in determining when the privilege will stand and when it will give .
• Its many levels enjoy varying degrees of privilege according to rank.

• prerogative
• perquisite
• exclusive right
• favor
• favour

News & Articles

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• Saxbys, Furyk link in to U.S. Open promotions
  Corporations that set up hospitality tents at the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club to entertain clients, employees, and prospects are paying at least $100,000 for the privilege - sometimes up to $300,000, including passes, bars and bartenders, and other perks.
  June 13, 2013 - Philly.com
• Judge orders Snyder aide to produce Detroit EM candidate names
  Mason — An Ingham County judge on Wednesday shot down a claim of executive privilege and ordered an aide of Gov. Rick Snyder to disclose the names of the other candidates considered for Detroit's emergency manager.
  June 12, 2013 - Detroit News
• Suspect facing kidnapping, burglary charges
  <p>A 21-year-old Sampson County man was jailed without privilege of bond Tuesday afternoon, charged with four offenses stemming from what officers believe could be a domestic situation that t...
  June 12, 2013 - Sampson Independent

Quotes

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• Antonia Fraser in Times Online
  He was a great, and it was a privilege to live with him for over 33 years. He will never be forgotten,Lady Antonia Fraser, his second wife, told The Guardian.
• Gordon Brown in Vancouver Sun
  It was a privilege to serve, and yes, I love the job, not for its prestige, its titles and its ceremony, which I do not love at all,Brown said, with his wife, Sarah, at his side.
• John McCain in International Herald Tribune
  McCain replied: "I don't think I did anything that any other American wouldn't do and the great honor and privilege of my life was to serve in the company of heroes and to observe a thousand acts of courage and compassion and love."