Tammany

American  

[tam-uh-nee] / ˈtæm ə ni /

adjective

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

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noun

1. Tammany Hall.

Other Word Forms

• Tammanyism noun
• Tammanyite noun

Example Sentences

After all, he was fighting the combined power of the Tammany Hall political machine and newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who united behind John Francis Hylan, a vaguely populist Brooklyn Democrat with few discernible positions.

From Salon

Deftly unraveling the tangled politics of the moment, Mr. Wallace vividly shows La Guardia juggling factions of fusionist Republicans, communists, interventionists, isolationists, Tammany pols and a rat’s nest of the city’s fierce ethnic rivalries.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From Seattle Times

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

From New York Times

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

From Washington Times