Meaning of corridors of power | Babel Free

Definitions

The buildings and offices that powerful people, especially politicians, are visualised as inhabiting; (by extension) the highest tiers of government or other organisation, where important decisions are made.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“The official world, the corridors of power, the dilemmas of conscience and egotism—she disliked them all.”

“When angry construction workers seeking unpaid wages stormed a site office in Yau Tong in July 2002, their violent clash with the police set alarm bells ringing in the corridors of power.”

“The “data revolution” is the idea of the moment, and it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t think that more money, innovation and effort should be poured into counting and measuring, and that more open data can help to unlock the corridors of power.”

“He is a supposedly serious young man who was celebrated in the corridors of power not only as a financial savant but also—through his highly publicized philanthropy and conspicuous association with the “effective altruism” movement—as a moral genius.”

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