political machine
political machine noun: a local political organization or individual politician that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence, and is therefore often viewed as scandalous.
Noun
political machine (plural political machines)
- A local political organization or individual politician that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence, and is therefore often viewed as scandalous.
- They had no authority beyond that; for the inspection of meat to be sold in the city and state the whole force in Packingtown consisted of three henchmen of the local political machine!1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC
- You have my word for it, sir. And the reason for it is that this hideous traffic is one of the main cogs in our political machine. The pimps and the panders, the cadets and maquereaux… they vote the ticket of the organization; they contribute to the campaign funds; they serve as colonizers and...1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine
political machine meaning in Thai
political machine in Thai
- political organization
- ตัวจักรทางการเมือง dtuua-jàk-taang-gaan-mʉʉang, บ้านใหญ่ bâan-yài
Examples of political machine in a sentence
- And the reason for it is that this hideous traffic is one of the main cogs in our political machine.1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine:
- It was hidden, which ended up serving the interests of the lobby group that dumped more than $2m into Cuomo’s political machine.2021 February 18, David Sirota, “Cuomo-gate: a Nixonian scandal is engulfing New York”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19...
Forms of political machine
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Words formed from political machine
Questions about political machine
- What does political machine mean?
- Political machine means a local political organization or individual politician that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence, and is therefore often viewed as scandalous.
- What is political machine in Thai?
- Political machine in Thai is ตัวจักรทางการเมือง (dtuua-jàk-taang-gaan-mʉʉang), บ้านใหญ่ (bâan-yài). See Political machine meaning in Thai.
- How do you use political machine in a sentence?
- And the reason for it is that this hideous traffic is one of the main cogs in our political machine.
- What part of speech is political machine?
- Political machine is a noun.
- What is the plural of political machine?
- The plural of political machine is political machines.
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