Definition of "politicking" [politicking]

• The act of engaging in politics, or in political campaigning (noun)
• Present participle of politick. (verb)

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• "James Bow has a series of memes during this election in an endeavor to show us that beyond the politicking is an inherent human commonality among all of us in what we share from either musical tastes, or cinematic delights, or books we enjoy."
• "In August, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne observed that Obama seemed to shy away from politicking and said, "In a democracy, separating governing from 'politicking' is impossible.""
• "The 2,000 pages or so of the Dodd-Frank financial reform act were the result of all-too familiar lobbying, pork-barreling and short-term politicking, fudging key reforms and pushing many decisions off to regulators; the only winners will be the lawyers who have to figure out what it all means."