1. past tense of pork; to add pork to (a dish); to cook with pork
Usage: culinary
2. past tense of pork; to insert pork-barrel spending into (a bill or budget)
Usage: informal; political

Examples

• She porked the beans with bacon for extra flavor.
• The chef porked the stew with chunks of shoulder meat.
• Congress porked the infrastructure bill with local projects.
• The budget was heavily porked with earmarks before passage.
• They porked up the recipe by adding pork fat.