politricksn.
/ˈpɒlᵻtrɪks/, U.S. /ˈpɑləˌtrɪks/, Caribbean English /ˈpɑlɪtrɪks/ slang (chiefly Jamaican). depreciative.
Politics, regarded as characterized by dishonesty or self-interest; the use of underhand methods to achieve political ends regarded as self-serving or contemptible.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > political actions or practice > types of
practical politics1709
theopolitics1736
Realpolitik1872
shirtsleeve (also shirtsleeves) diplomacy1896
power politics1901
armed response1904
politricks1908
Machtpolitik1916
power play1941
telepolitics1958
marketization1961
gender politics1977
1908 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 13 Dec. (Editorial section) 4/5 Partisan polytricks..consists in manifesting opposition to the other party.
1928 Time 22 Oct. 12/2 Politricks. In Manhattan, last week, an oldtime ballot-fixer explained some of his oldtime tricks.
1943 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 23 Mar. 8/3 Women should endeavor to see that politics did not turn into ‘politricks’.
1995 L. Gunst Born fi' Dead ii. 191 Trevor's activism warred constantly with his Rastafarian conviction that ‘politricks and the shitstem’ was a Babylon thing that no dread should touch.
2002 Adweek (U.S.) 14 Jan. 10/2 What happened to just doing your damn job and not lying about your capabilities?.. Office ‘politricks’ waste time and energy and foster mistrust.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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