'wire pulling' definitions:
Synonyms of 'wire pulling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- artifice,
- backscratching,
- backstairs influence,
- behind-the-scenes influence,
- Byzantine intrigues,
- cabal,
- collusion,
- complicity,
- complot,
- confederacy,
- connections,
- connivance,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- contriving,
- counterplot,
- covin,
- deals,
- deep-laid plot,
- devices,
- engineering,
- expedients,
- finagling,
- finesse,
- frame-up,
- game,
- games,
- influence,
- influence peddling,
- intrigue,
- intrigues,
- little game,
- lobbying,
- lobbyism,
- logrolling,
- machination,
- maneuvering,
- maneuvers,
- manipulation,
- plot,
- plotting,
- ploys,
- political influence,
- public opinion,
- rigging,
- ropes,
- scheme,
- schemery,
- schemes,
- scheming,
- social pressure,
- special-interest pressure,
- stratagem,
- strings,
- tactical maneuvers,
- tactics,
- trick,
- underplot,
- web of intrigue,
- wires