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