Meaning of INFLUENCE PEDDLER
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| Definition: | | [n] someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) |
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| Synonyms: | | fixer |
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| See Also: | | important person, influential person, personage | |
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| Related Terms: | | access, bad influence, big wheel, boodler, court, crooked politician, diplomat, diplomatist, eminence grise, five-percenter, fixer, four-percenter, friend at court, good influence, grafter, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, influence, influencer, ingroup, jackleg politician, key, kingmaker, lobby, lobbyist, logroller, lords of creation, Machiavel, Machiavellian, Machiavellianist, man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, political realist, politician, power broker, powers that be, pressure group, Rasputin, sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group, spoilsman, spoilsmonger, Svengali, the Establishment, very important person, VIP, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller |
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