Tammany

[tam-uh-nee]

adjective

1. pertaining to, involving, or characteristic of the membership or methods of Tammany Hall.

noun

1. Tammany Hall.

Other Word Forms

• Tammanyism noun
• Tammanyite noun

Example Sentences

A federal appeals court largely sided with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office on many of the allegations, squelching much of the lawsuit over the deputies’ use of force.

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Democrats, Steel said, have been effectively engaging in minority communities since New York City’s Tammany Hall more than two centuries ago.

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The media has obsessed over political corruption in immigrant and ethnic communities since the days of Tammany Hall in New York.

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The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana had an arrest warrant out for the woman for two misdemeanor offenses, according to prosecutors.

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She later sued two St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on behalf of herself and her son, who video-recorded the arrest.

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