political machine

Noun

Meaning

a group that controls the activities of a political party

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

machine alliance college body band combination axis camp coalition bloc city hall assemblage political system political party political machinery
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Antonyms

fork man individual person separation isolation
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Hypernyms

organization organisation

Examples

he 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

Close letter words and terms

political leverage political liaison political liberty political machinery political mail political marketing