politico
noun
a politician.
politicos
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pluralof politico.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Pappalardo has a novelist’s gifts for description and pacing, and his material—greedy entrepreneurs, crafty moonshiners, crooked politicos and jaded cops—is material any writer would welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The novel is plainly an allegory for America’s current fraught moment, but it’s also a lively neo-noir filled with tough-talking detectives, politicos and journalists, and rife with canny plot twists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
Every four years, British politicos stream across the Atlantic for a taste of campaigning on a far bigger canvas.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
When we talked earlier this year, I said that politicos should be planning for low-probability events this election cycle.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
Notable among them were the local officials, called jefes politicos, whose control of the police force enabled them to indulge in practices of intimidation and extortion which ultimately became unendurable.
From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by William R. (William Robert) Shepherd
