Synonyms for electioneering

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-lek-shuh-neer

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌlɛk ʃəˈnɪər

Définition of electioneering

Origin : 1760 (implied in electioneering), from election, probably on model of auctioneer (see auction), as the verb engineer was not yet in use.

noun campaigning

Example sentences :

"Electioneering seems to be telling on you, old lady," I remarked.
Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay

As you know, electioneering in the States is rather different from what it is here.
Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

This is why the director was so opposed to the idea of bringing me on the electioneering trip.
Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet

From the electioneering point of view, I think our journey has been a success.
Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet

He said he did not want any electioneering about the officers—'log-rolling,' my father calls it.
Extract from : « The Boat Club » by Oliver Optic

On the front of the house were some inscriptions for electioneering purposes.
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

What a fine bit of electioneering, if he could get them to shut out their own men!
Extract from : « The Cock-House at Fellsgarth » by Talbot Baines Reed

I think the Tartar "counted heads," like an electioneering agent.
Extract from : « Utopia of Usurers and other Essays » by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

He had wasted, men said, much on electioneering, and more in gambling.
Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope

Electioneering is forbidden within one hundred feet of the polls.
Extract from : « Citizenship » by Emma Guy Cromwell

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