lackey

Example Sentences

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“Flummoxed by the lack of resources”—in other words, aware that a penniless Uganda needed to reform or collapse—he “comfortably settled” into the role of Western lackey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

“Tell the brother he can stay, but he’s working for us,” Boy Kavalier tells a lackey, characterizing that instruction as “just a reminder that it’s my world. He just lives in it.”

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

It was an unwelcome reminder of the lingering perception that the island nation somehow remains Moscow’s financial lackey.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Caliban, Prospero’s malformed lackey, has been reclaimed by postcolonial critics as an example of an oppressed “other,” an enslaved man whose dignity has been denied by European imperialists.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

De Wet was one of the last judges appointed by the United Party before the Nationalists came to power and was not considered a government lackey.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela