wire-puller

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Noun1.wire-puller - one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
wheeler dealer, hustler, operator - a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
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"All of the property are changed into the gold ingot and British people Auric Goldfinger who save it are reigning as a wire-puller of an international contraband organization.
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It also described the United States as "a wire-puller and chieftain" of the incident.
N. Korea says shelling incident caused by S. Korean provocation
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