Collocations for "politician"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "politician" in context.
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politician
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [corrupt, decent, former, local, powerful] politician
- a [Democratic, Republican, Conservative] politician
- wants to [be, become] a politician
- ask the politician to [make, appear, answer, address, speak]
- politicians have [promised, said, assured, confirmed] (that)
- politicians [must, should, ought to]
- the politician is [accused, suspected] of
- [accused] the politician of [embezzlement, fraud]
- the politician met (with) [reporters, counterparts, business directors]
- the politicians who [rule, govern] (the country)
- not many [believe, trust] politicians
- a politician with [humanity, dignity, decency]
- a politician in [Parliament, Congress, America]
- a politician from [Texas]
- a newly [chosen, elected] politician
'politician' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
agenda
- allege
- barrage
- bent
- bounce
- captive
- conservative
- controversial
- corrupt
- critical
- crooked
- deceit
- deception
- dirt
- distort
- expose
- fearless
- feather
- female
- fist
- following
- fudge
- grease
- hazard
- hound
- humble
- ill
- knight
- leaning
- lying
- mistress
- mob
- noise
- out
- outspoken
- pawn
- plague
- powerful
- recall
- removal
- report
- respect
- retirement
- roast
- role
- running
- senior
- shady
- shame
- shrewd