wheeler dealer, bagman, gofer, henchman, factotum, moneyman, troubleshooter, consigliere, flunky, dealmaker, schmoozer, errand boy, politican, handyman, assassin, con artist, businessman, plutocrat, spinmeister, financier, influence peddler, salesman, grifter, chauffeur, bigshot, rainmaker, cardsharp, dogsbody, sleazoid, hustler, bookie, conman, embellisher, piano tuner, powerbroker, crook, playboy, slumlord, bigwig, conniver, mobster, meddler, politician, prevaricator, sleazebag, confidante, gangster, sleazeball, enforcer, dissembler, philanderer, shyster, bagmen, schemer, middleman, maneuverer, plumber, croupier, ambulance chaser, gambler, muckraker, lobbyist, gigolo, carpenter, polisher, scion, crony, madam, hitman, mafioso, prostitute, apparatchik, investment banker, lackey, matchmaker, safecracker, forger, briber, womanizer, stoolie, slimeball, sleuth, mercenary, bureaucrat, ward heeler, grandee, grafter, aide, huckster, bungler, kingpin, busboy, embezzler, bon vivant, blackmailer, bodyguard, problem solver, spiv, politico, banker, backroom, wheelman, fixers, developer, organizer, catalyst, organiser, swimmer, actor, motivator, vocalist, comedian, conditioner, driver, electrolyte, helper, machinist, operative, player, players, raiser, bacteriostatic, dissolving, 131, analgesic, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antiseptic, antistatic, bactericidal, birefringent, chlorinated, collagen, component, conformal, corrosive, deodorant, deodorizing, dialysate, disinfecting

important person, influential person, personage

influence peddler