politick
to engage in politicking.
to influence, accomplish, or promote by politicking: Somehow he politicked the bill through both houses of Congress.
Origin of politick
1Other words from politick
- out·pol·i·tick, verb (used with object)
Words that may be confused with politick
- politicize, politick
Words Nearby politick
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How to use politick in a sentence
Benedict may well want to cut short the time available for the cardinals to politick, posture, and pontificate, as it were.
With Pope Benedict XVI’s Retirement, Conclave Rules Prove Unclear | Christopher Dickey | February 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI think they agree with me in thinking that if the restraint was ever a politick one the time is passed.
Private Papers of William Wilberforce | William WilberforceIntolerable griefes to Subjects, breed the Iliaca passio in a body politick, which inforces that upwards which should not.
The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America | Theodore de la GuardKing Charles the first, created sir Henry Roswell and others, a body corporate and politick.
Novanglus, and Massachusettensis | John AdamsNot where he eats, but where he is eaten: a certain convocation of politick worms4 are e'en at him.
Hamlet | William Shakespeare
Val An Innocent, a knave fool, a fool politick: the last of which are lovers, widow lovers.
Wit Without Money | Francis Beaumont
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