power broker

noun

1. a person with power and influence, esp one who operates behind the scenes

Example Sentences

Caro wanted a clean start, a new editor, and enough money to survive on while he finished writing The Power Broker.

From The Daily Beast

“When Robert Moses began building playgrounds in New York City, there were 119,” Caro writes in The Power Broker.

From The Daily Beast

That single chapter, the most visceral and moving part of The Power Broker, took Caro six months to research and write.

From The Daily Beast

David Halberstam called The Power Broker “surely the greatest book ever written about a city.”

From The Daily Beast

Long a liberal power broker, the group is dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women.

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• fixer
• kingmaker