electioneer
Americanverb (used without object)
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He embraced new words like electioneer and snack, repurposed old words like congress, and included slang like ain’t.
From Time • May 12, 2015
While employers can electioneer among their employees with near impunity under federal law, some state laws do place curbs or prohibitions on the practice.
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2014
As students at the famed University of Glasgow prepared to elect their Lord Rector,† no less a quipster than George Bernard Shaw drew his quill as an electioneer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Result: "Landlord"' Seaton will electioneer in low key�and only if invited�in the campaign for the June primaries now beginning in Hawaii.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fellow with the bald head and fox's face is an agent, a salaried bellwether, a polished electioneer.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
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