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INFLUENCE PEDDLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does influence peddler mean?
• INFLUENCE PEDDLER (noun)
The noun INFLUENCE PEDDLER has 1 sense:
1. someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
Familiarity information: INFLUENCE PEDDLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fixer; influence peddler
Hypernyms ("influence peddler" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
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