Meanings of wield political in English

Now, Ghani was proclaiming that his spouse would wield political influence.

Many communist-era officials still have public roles and continue to wield political and business influence in Romania.

At the same time, the citizens of both Russia and Ukraine have seen unelected oligarchs wield political influence.

Women serve on the Supreme Court, run Fortune 500 companies, and wield political power in the halls of Congress.

The answer is that heavily unionised workers in the auto sector wield political clout out of proportion to their numbers.

Yet shortly after finishing his first day at the home in Cesano Boscone, Berlusconi showed he still intends to wield political clout.

Rosatom has signed billions of dollars worth of overseas contracts and is seen as a tool for Russia to wield political influence abroad.

If Corbyn wants to have a material impact on the lives of the people he cares about, then he needs to wield political power.

By this amendment we strike down the iniquity of one class wielding political power for another, and arrogant because in the exercise of unjust power.