outpolitick

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outpolitick (third-person singular simple present outpoliticks, present participle outpoliticking, simple past and past participle outpoliticked)

(transitive) To outdo in politics.
- 1991, Michael L. Kurtz, Morgan D. Peoples, Earl K. Long: The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics, page 1:
  He could outpolitick even the most experienced professionals, and he possessed an uncanny sixth sense—he knew precisely the means necessary to win votes or get bills passed.
- 2004, Susan Power, Roofwalker, page 190:
  That Chicago would swallow the midwestern sea, smother it in concrete, or that the lake wielded enough strength to outpolitick even Mayor Richard J. Daley?