wirepull

verb

wirepull

verb

Etymology From wire + pull; see wirepuller.

1

Ambitransitive To exert an influence on (others) that is felt but not seen.

These basic provisions of the 1954 Geneva agreements on Vietnam do not allow the United States to wirepull its lackeys to rig up the so-called Republic of Vietnam.1965, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, numbers 86-90, page 5:

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