"Stakeholders": How we refer to people who don't really have any legitimate standing in the topic at hand, but are being included anyway for some reason.
We have actual terms for legitimately interested parties: Owner, shareholder, operator, customer, parent, child, government, etc. But in the last ~10 years I've seen an increase in the use of this word "stakeholder" and it's always in reference to people who really shouldn't be involved.
An example might be "We're holding a meeting to review the landscaping of the playground area in the new city park. We invite local residents, parents, children, associated government agencies, and other stakeholders to attend." Translation: We're not going to give outside interests an excuse to claim we excluded them, even though they really have no business being involved at all since they're not 1) paying the taxes that make it happen, 2) being hired to do the work, 3) in a government oversight capacity, or 4) in the group of people this project is meant to serve when completed. Generally "stakeholders" means environmentalists from another state, politicians looking to grandstand, busybodies who desperately wish to appear important, and similar parasites.
Anytime you see the word "stakeholder" be on your guard. Political Correctness is probably lurking nearby.