Verb (used with object) : Somehow he politicked the bill through both houses of Congress. From Dictionary.com.
All Lands &c. which any Body politick, or Corporate. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 7, 21 March - 18 October 1761] Reference
PHILLIPS: Well, we know he can politick, but can he dance?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2007] Reference
Is she undermining U.S. foreign policy or practicing real politick?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2007] Reference
Are we talking about politics, about morals, or about real politick?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2004] Reference
Our fear, though, is whether it spreads to the broader body politick. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2006] Reference
We must not appear to be politicking as we politick, goes the subtext. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Susan Corso: Separation of Church and Hate] Reference
I mean this is real politick -- what choice does Prime Minister Maliki have?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2007] Reference
So our whole thing has been that we use the moral word to hide a real politick war. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2004] Reference
A man who presides over a body politick that, to put it mildly, looks rather unhealthy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2007] Reference
He thought they were all bloodsucking parasites on the corpus-ass of the body politick. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
Fight we must, but it is discouraging that we are at war with our own sick body politick. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Herrington: A Message Washington Will Hear] Reference
Equally important will be rules of engagement that permit them to fight first and politick later. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Switches Tactics; Iran Gets a Message] Reference
We need to radically alter the game plan but 'real politick' seems to make that almost impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Frank A. Weil: Between a Rock and a Hard Place] Reference
Setsetse accused Leon of deliberately misinterpreting the contents of the documents in order to politick. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But Georgetown has always been there for America's body politick, and we are a better nation because of it. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By President At Georgetown International Law Center] Reference
Stewart added he "will not politick for the job" on a permanent basis and said he has not been interviewed. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Jim Holshouser was the speaker, no, I beg your pardon, I was the speaker, Jim Holshouser came by to politick. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Robert W. (Bob) Scott, September 18, 1986. Interview C-0036. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
BONO: I think the dawning of on the body politick that this strategic value in dealing with Africa's problems. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2006] Reference
Generally, business news outlets were much more frank about the real-politick importance of Iraq's oil fields. From Wordnik.com. [Eager to Tap Iraq's Vast Oil Reserves, Industry Execs Suggested Invasion] Reference
‘It may be considered, (said the gentleman,) whether it would not be politick to tolerate in such a case.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.] Reference
I think it's not only up to Prime Minister Maliki but all of the different elements of the Iraqi body politick. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2007] Reference
I think what this does in the whole body politick -- and I hear this in New Mexico -- is it says, who's in charge?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2005] Reference
Do differences in male and female psychology affect their political participation, the way they vote and politick?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-11] Reference
I think, until the end of time (and by definition), lawyers will continue to sue, and politicians will continue to politick. From Wordnik.com. [Interesting Read on theinquirer.net...] Reference
There may be election law violation in using the Office to politick, by setting up roundtable sessions in targeted districts. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Nine House Races Have Shifted For Dems During Foleygate] Reference
States both ancient and modern, an Endeavour is used to discover the politick Distemper of our own; with the Causes and Remedies. From Wordnik.com. [The Isle Of Pines (1668) and An Essay in Bibliography by Worthington Chauncey Ford] Reference
And the august New York Times chimes in with the upbeat news that "today's general must politick and do P.R. as well as win wars.". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: Ode to a Dying God] Reference
It is the synod of all pates politick, jointed and laid together in most serious posture, and they are not half so busy at the parliament. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
BEINS, L. Jean de Witt en zijne buitenlandsche politick, 1653-60. From Wordnik.com. [History of Holland] Reference
Appearance of a very substantial Citizen, told us, with several politick. From Wordnik.com. [The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays] Reference
I shall go near to out-trick your Ladyship, for all your politick Learning. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV.] Reference
His reputation of "grave, wise, and politick" seems to have been fairly earned. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
In terms of real politick, Hun Sens Premiership -- albeit obtained illegally, first by. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Cambodia's Troubled Tribunal] Reference
"They've forgotten I politick pretty good," he told a crowd in Austin, Texas, last month. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Now we've got three months to go, and so we've decided, well, we can politick for three months. From Wordnik.com. [MyDD] Reference
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