Noun
a group that controls the activities of a political party
Source: WordNethe was endorsed by the Democratic machine Source: Internet
Ackerman, p. 2 Tweed was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1852 and the New York County Board of Supervisors in 1858, the year he became the head of the Tammany Hall political machine. Source: Internet
Japan is run by and for the KEIDANREN club and top ministries, and the LDP is their political machine. Source: Internet
In control of the government At first, Struensee kept a low profile as he began to control the political machine. Source: Internet
Ian Bell, The Dominican Republic Pg. 86 (Westview Press: Boulder, Co., 1981) As the growing public debt made it impossible to maintain his political machine, Heureaux relied on secret loans from the SDIC, sugar planters and local merchants. Source: Internet
The probe of alleged vote-buying underscores the infiltration of the 'Ndrangheta in the political machine of Italy's affluent northern Lombardy region. Source: Internet