Term: wire-puller: one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: katsuwonus: oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: abyss: a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: swallow: the act of swallowing
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: induction: the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: hate mail: mail that expresses the writer's dislike or hatred (usually in offensive language)
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: microcytosis: a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: oil tycoon: a powerful person in the oil business
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: majority opinion: the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion')
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: cartagena bark: Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)
Broader: hustler: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Unrelated: florida selaginella: occurs widely in Florida