His efforts to remove political patronage met with only limited success, however.

You might call it a subtle form of political patronage.

Political patronage got me the job, of course, not brains.

Political patronage has always been a hallmark of Washington life.

In addition, it has the potential of becoming a vehicle for political patronage.

He stopped the staffing of the agency by political patronage.

And they say a civilian position would be ripe for political patronage.

Such individual measures have been criticized for the political patronage that they allow.

Others say it is merely a convenient form of political patronage.

Accusations of political patronage have been denied by the government.