wire-pulling

noun

plural -s

: the use of means to influence secretly the acts of a person or organization

economic power or political wire-pulling

—S. E. Morison

can be done but it needs a week of wire-pulling and persuasion

—Enid Bagnold

Word History

Etymology

wire entry 1 + pulling, gerund of pull

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Rhymes for wire-pulling

• fulling
• pulling