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Machine politician

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends. US

    "It wasn't that these ward bosses were universally bad men, but the qualities that made for a successful machine politician or boss were the opposite of those that made for an honest public servant."

  2. 2
    a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends wordnet

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