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svengali
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svengali
Mesmer, Rasputin, VIP, access, bad influence, big wheel, court, eminence grise, five-percenter, friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, hypnotist, hypnotizer, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, kingmaker, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, man of influence, manipulator, mesmerizer, open sesame, powers that be, pressure group, sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group, the Establishment, very important person, wheeler-dealer, wire-pullerFor further exploring for "svengali" in Webster Dictionary Online