a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
同义词：machine politician??/??ward-heeler??/??hack
The self-serving habits of the lawyers, consultants and political hacks are just too entrenched.
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Bersani has said "very explicitly that he will not use old political hacks in his Cabinet, " Walston said.
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Is all this fascinating to political hacks and irrelevant to the voting public?
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