pol

plural pols

1. informalA politician.

   The knights-errant of politics could "tsk, tsk" all they wanted, but most experienced pols recognized that patronage was the lifeblood of their profession.

   2008, Frank P. Vazzano, Politician Extraordinaire, page 174

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   Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House.

   1993 October 31, Maureen Dowd, “The WASP Descendancy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2022

   McKee’s likely downfall — brought on by his perceived mishandling of the 2023 closure of the Washington Bridge — would make him the first sitting Rhode Island governor to lose a primary in more than 30 years. So why have Massachusetts pols mostly stayed out? For pretty much the reason you’d expect. “I think most people have seen the polling data,” said Joe Fleming, a veteran Rhode Island pollster. “People don’t want to stick their necks out when the race seems to be going the way it is.”

   2026 September 9, Kelly Garrity, “The Rhode Island race dividing Mass. Democrats. (Hint: It’s not for governor.)”, in The Boston Globe, retrieved 09 Sep 2026

plural POLs · alternative P.O.L.

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of petroleum, oil, and lubricants; consumable supplies for vehicles and machinery, collectively.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of port of loading.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of proof of life (in abduction cases).