wire puller
/ˈwaɪər ˌpʊlər/
noun
- A person who uses secret influence or political connections to get things done, often behind the scenes.
- Some people believe that a few wealthy wire-pullers run the entire country.
- The mayor was accused of being a wire-puller who controlled the city council from the shadows.
- In the movie, the villain is a wire-puller who manipulates the stock market.
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