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Noun: Tammany Hall
  1. A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City that controlled city politics through patronage and corruption from the 1790s to the 1960s
    "Tammany Hall's influence extended far beyond New York City politics";
    - Tammany Society, Tammany

Type of: org [informal], organisation [Brit], organization

Part of: Democratic Party

Encyclopedia: Tammany Hall