power broker
Noun
Meaning
a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control
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power-broker
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a power broker who does you a favor will expect you to return it
He's a former coach of the Wallabies, a power broker in the South Sydney rugby league club, and is close to media heavyweights such as Packer, Sam Chisholm and 2GB owner and millionaire ad man John Singleton.
Lily is surprised when local power broker witch Aidan leaves her no alternative but to deal with whatever is going wrong no matter how her newly blossoming romance with Max, who dislikes her involvement with anything paranormal, could blow up.
The perfect bank robbery quickly spirals into an unstable and deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a criminal mastermind (Owen), a determined detective (Washington), and a power broker with a hidden agenda (Foster).
She witnesses the shooting of Michael Conti, a power broker and wheeler dealer.
“This assault will receive a response in the form of massive civil disobedience,” the CUP, a key regional power broker, said in a statement.