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politicking

[ pol-i-tik-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

activity undertaken for political reasons or ends, as campaigning for votes before an election, making speeches, etc., or otherwise promoting oneself or one's policies.

politicking

/ ˈpɒlɪˌtɪkɪŋ /

political activity, esp seeking votes
activity directed towards acquiring power and influence, achieving one's own goals, etc

1925–30; politic (as v.) + -ing ¹, respelling to show non-assibilation of -c-

Then presidential politicking transformed the Benghazi tragedy into an inside-the-Beltway circus.

But true to form in this drawn out debate, what we are witnessing is a lot of politicking over what is fundamentally a non-issue.

Stories on the justice system tend to focus on sensational—and rare—crimes or the partisan politicking of lawmakers.

The ads are not intended to be political, he said, and awareness more than politicking and persuasion is the objective.

After Tiller is largely devoid of politicking, instead choosing to simply follow the four doctors about their business.

It couldn't have mattered to him what environment we used, but he was politicking where he shouldn't.

Public politicking or wrangling by delegates to a party congress would be unprecedented.

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