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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

• INFLUENCE PEDDLER (noun)

Sense 1

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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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