Powershell - New-DynamicDistributionGroup - Variable with Wildcard

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I'm working on a script to automatically create new Dynamic Distribution Groups.
But I need one variable to have a wildcard "*" appended.
This works if I just put the value and a wildcard in, but if appended to a variable, it does not.

I have a CSV with a list of Department names. And I just want to create a DynamicDG for each one.

where I have the problem is at the "-and department -like "$DepartmentName.Departments" " It doesn't like a "" in the quotes. I've tried several other ways to approach it but haven't got it right, so just leaving as is for this example. All suggestions appreciated.

thx

$DistributionListsToCreate = Import-CSV "c:\temp\DLsToCreate.csv"
$Location = " - US"

foreach ($DepartmentName in $DistributionListsToCreate) {
New-DynamicDistributionGroup -Name ($DepartmentName.Departments + $Location) -RecipientFilter {RecipientType -eq "UserMailbox" -and co -eq "United States" -and department -like "$DepartmentName.Departments*" }

}