'influence peddler' definitions:
Definition of 'influence peddler'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) [syn: fixer, influence peddler]
Synonyms of 'influence peddler'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- bad influence,
- big wheel,
- boodler,
- court,
- crooked politician,
- diplomat,
- diplomatist,
- eminence grise,
- five-percenter,
- fixer,
- four-percenter,
- friend at court,
- good influence,
- grafter,
- gray eminence,
- heavyweight,
- hidden hand,
- influence,
- influencer,
- ingroup,
- jackleg politician,
- key,
- kingmaker,
- lobby,
- lobbyist,
- logroller,
- lords of creation,
- Machiavel,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellianist,
- man of influence,
- manipulator,
- open sesame,
- political realist,
- politician,
- power broker,
- powers that be,
- pressure group,
- Rasputin,
- sinister influence,
- special interests,
- special-interest group,
- spoilsman,
- spoilsmonger,
- Svengali,
- the Establishment,
- very important person,
- VIP,
- wheeler-dealer,
- wire-puller