a politico who will do anything to win an election
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Other Texas politicos chimed in.—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 2026 Other prominent Republican consultants and politicos echoed Schroer’s argument throughout Wednesday afternoon.—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026 The Garden Brunch, a longtime Correspondents’ weekend tradition, drew a mixture of media figures, executions and politicos on the right and the left.—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2026 Right-wing pundits and politicos recently attacked the gargantuan wildlife crossing being constructed over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills over ballooning costs and delays.—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for politico
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Etymology
borrowed from Italian politico and Spanish político, both derivatives of the corresponding adjectives politico and político "political," borrowed from Latin polīticus "of civil government, political" — more at politic