placeman

noun

1. 获赠官禄者（因支持某从政者或政府而得官职）
   a person who is given an official position as a reward for supporting a politician or government

1. N-COUNT 禄虫（指利用职权谋求私利或报答任命的官员）
   If you refer to a public official as a placeman, you disapprove of the fact that they use their position for their own personal benefit or to provide political support for those who appointed them.
   1. ...the party's programme to purify the Commons by the removal of placemen.
      通过根除禄虫以净化英国议会下院的党纲

1. The word “ placeman ” is often used contemptuously.
   “官吏”这个词在使用时常常带有轻蔑的含义。
2. When the placeman dies, the supernumerary steps into his shoes.
   假如那小官死了，那接替他的人就可以接替他的位置。

noun

1. a disparaging term for an appointee

   Synonym:    placeseeker