wirepull

English

Etymology

From wire +‎ pull; see wirepuller.

Verb

wirepull (third-person singular simple present wirepulls, present participle wirepulling, simple past and past participle wirepulled)

(transitive, intransitive) To exert an influence on (others) that is felt but not seen.
- 1965, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, numbers 86-90, page 5:
  These basic provisions of the 1954 Geneva agreements on Vietnam do not allow the United States to wirepull its lackeys to rig up the so-called Republic of Vietnam.