sycophant

When Hussein was deposed in Iraq, the military officers, Ba’ath Party loyalists and regime-tied sycophants who ruled the roost for nearly a quarter-century were forced to make do with an entirely new situation.

Consider a country where the press is filled with sycophants who do the bidding of the country’s leader.

And it is all being fed by sycophants and henchmen who have created a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

And while at first Oliver rules over a pack of sycophants, the power shifts.

Presley and Parker grew distant, as Presley insulated himself with sycophants and his behavior both on and offstage grew increasingly erratic.