THESAURUS
special interests
Black Power, Italian vote, Jewish vote, Polish Power, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, White Power, access, bad influence, big wheel, black vote, court, eminence grise, farm interests, financial interests, five-percenter, friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, interest group, key, kingmaker, labor interests, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, powers that be, pressure group, sinister influence, special-interest group, the Establishment, very important person, vested interests, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller
