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Noun Concept
Categories: Political machines in the United States, Political terminology of the United States, Political term stubs, Political slurs for people
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machine politician  ward-heeler  political hack  hack  ward heeler
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A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends WordNet 3.0
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A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
"Political hack" is a pejorative term describing a person who is more loyal to a particular political party than to their own sense of ethics. Wikipedia
A ward heeler is an American urban political operative who works for a political party in a political ward, the smallest electoral subdivision of a city, usually to achieve an election result. Wikipedia
A person who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations Wikipedia Disambiguation
Person who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations Wikidata
A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends. Wiktionary
Corrupt urban political operative. Wiktionary
IS A
politician
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack, hack
Wikipedia
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political hack, ward heeler
Wikidata
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Political hack, Ward heeler
Wiktionary
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machine politician, ward heeler
Wikipedia Redirections
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hack gap, partisan hack, ward-heeler, ward heelers

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