Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 45 shrewd 44 machinations 43 boardroom 43 sleazy 41 arm twisting 41 dirty tricks 39 canny 39 wheeling 39 cronies 38 grubby 38 maneuvering 38 subterfuge 38 posturing 38 brokering 37 backroom staff 37 gambit 37 cabal 37 insider 37 politicking 36 hardball 36 boardrooms 35 nitty gritty 35 coterie 35 sleaze 35 hacks 35 devious 35 cronyism 35 shady 35 eleventh hour 35 shenanigans 35 gamesmanship 34 haggling 34 insiders 34 influence peddling 34 inner workings 34 dealmaking 34 boss 34 smokescreen 34 lobbyists 34 cunning 34 secretive 34 secretly 33 underlings 33 wrangling 33 privy 33 scenes 33 bluster 33 factional 33 quid pro quo 33 arcane 33 clandestine 33 secret 33 rubber stamp 32 egos 32 secrecy 32 clique 32 dirty 32 sordid 32 unsavory 32 skillful 31 wily 31 politics 31 sleight 31 busily 31 discreetly 31 parlor 31 skilful 31 shadowy 31 payoffs 31 brokered 31 inner circle 31 fractious 31 window dressing 31 crass 31 lame duck 31 vested interests 31 sly 31 pragmatist 31 hallways 31 cynical 31 shameless 30 cubicles 30 supremo 30 managerial 30 bureaucrats 30 patronage 30 spineless 30 sneaky 30 hush hush 30 charade 30 bosses 30 revolving door 30 sham 30 blackmail 30 Keane 30 trickery 30 dodgy 30 officialdom 30 astute 30 pols 30 bureaucratic