"patronage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But it is a patronage mill that is supposed to make money.
- Until Governor Kean, field offices were in private hands and the division was nothing but a political patronage mill.
- He was also accused of strong-arming rivals, be they political opponents or other social service organizations, and turning his fief into a patronage mill.
- There is also the potential for the creation of a giant patronage mill, with ministers using jobs to reward friends or to build a power base.
- This will be difficult in Camden, where the school system is a patronage mill that tends to make decisions that help friends and hurt enemies.
- "That agency was a big patronage mill," said one New York Democratic operative.
- The system has devolved into a patronage mill that may benefit the parties but often penalizes voters with unqualified staff.
- I'm not going to operate a Democratic patronage mill.
- This serves to rebut the impression generated since last May that my administration has operated a "patronage mill."
- "There are 12,000 county employees and the commission selected a few to make it seem like the whole government was a patronage mill."
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