political machine

Noun

 * 1)  A local political organization or individual politician that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence, and is therefore often viewed as scandalous.

Translations

 * Danish: politisk maskine
 * Finnish: poliittinen voimatekijä
 * Thai: ตัวจักรทางการเมือง, บ้านใหญ่