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political prisoner | 1864 | someone imprisoned for his political beliefs. Sample usage: Foreign leaders have objected to how political prisoners are being held in jail in D.C. in 2021 for many months without a trial, for their peaceful support of Pre
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|a pejorative term for local and typically Democratic power structures that prevent outsiders from winning elections; first used by George Washington Plunkitt to criticize the Tammany Hall machine for which he served
 
|a pejorative term for local and typically Democratic power structures that prevent outsiders from winning elections; first used by George Washington Plunkitt to criticize the Tammany Hall machine for which he served
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|1864<ref>Apparently coined as part of a history of the [[Civil War]].</ref>
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|someone imprisoned for his political beliefs.  Sample usage: Foreign leaders have objected to how political prisoners are being held in jail in [[D.C.]] in 2021 for many months without a trial, for their peaceful support of President [[Trump]].
 
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