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Definition of Political hack
1. Noun. A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends.
Generic synonyms: Pol, Political Leader, Politician, Politico
Lexicographical Neighbors of Political Hack
Literary usage of Political hack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1842)
"This literary knight-errant and political hack, is said to have been the first
political writer in England who regularly adhered to a party, from which he ..."
2. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Municipal and Local Courts' Gazette by William S. Hein & Company (1858)
"In brief, the lawyer who is a political hack, destroys his professional
usefulness.— On the contrary, the lawyer who in patience and calm dignity pursues ..."
3. A Century of Anecdote from 1760-1860 by John Timbs (1864)
"There are several degrees of infamy, but none beyond that of one Digges, a
political hack, who was so infamous a fellow, that Dr. Franklin said of him, ..."
4. A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise: With a History of the Political by James Pinkney Hambleton (1856)
"... every public right, every private right, should stand in their way. The paltriest
pettifogger—the shabbiest political hack—is of more value than ..."
5. A History of the Political Campaign in Virginia, in 1855: With a by James Pinkney Hambleton (1856)
"The paltriest pettifogger—the shabbiest political hack—is of more value than
every man among us who ever breathed the air of Europe, in the eyes of this ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"... viz., exchange of certificates —it would at once elevate pharmacy by abolishment
of political hack drivers acting as State Board members, ..."
7. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1842)
"This literary knight-errant and political hack, is said to have been the first
political writer in England who regularly adhered to a party, from which he ..."
8. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Municipal and Local Courts' Gazette by William S. Hein & Company (1858)
"In brief, the lawyer who is a political hack, destroys his professional
usefulness.— On the contrary, the lawyer who in patience and calm dignity pursues ..."
9. A Century of Anecdote from 1760-1860 by John Timbs (1864)
"There are several degrees of infamy, but none beyond that of one Digges, a
political hack, who was so infamous a fellow, that Dr. Franklin said of him, ..."
10. A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise: With a History of the Political by James Pinkney Hambleton (1856)
"... every public right, every private right, should stand in their way. The paltriest
pettifogger—the shabbiest political hack—is of more value than ..."
11. A History of the Political Campaign in Virginia, in 1855: With a by James Pinkney Hambleton (1856)
"The paltriest pettifogger—the shabbiest political hack—is of more value than
every man among us who ever breathed the air of Europe, in the eyes of this ..."
12. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"... viz., exchange of certificates —it would at once elevate pharmacy by abolishment
of political hack drivers acting as State Board members, ..."
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