Noun: machine politician mu'sheen ,pó-li'ti-shun
- A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
"The machine politician secured votes through questionable means";
- ward-heeler [N. Amer, informal], political hack, hack, heeler [N. Amer]
Derived forms: machine politicians
Type of: pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal]