wirepulling

Manipulation from behind the scenes, especially in political contexts; undue influence.

Noun

  1. Manipulation from behind the scenes, especially in political contexts; undue influence.
    • These appointments […] are subject to all the well-known abuses, such as favouritism and wire-pulling, to which such appointments are liable. - 1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen &...

Forms

wire-pulling

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of wirepull

Forms

wire-pulling