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captive candidate

noun

Definitions

  1. A political candidate who is under the control or influence of another person.

    • Fortunately — very fortunately — the American people have a happy alternative to this bankrupt Republican campaign and its captive candidate.
    • I want to start with an immediate and firm disclaimer. Walter Mondale is not a captive candidate of the “special-interest bosses of labor.”

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