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Social Sciences - Government / Politics | | Bosnian term or phrase: kadrovska hobotnica | Snažnu i bezrezervnu medijsku podršku koju je donedavno pružao najjačim bošnjačkim partijama, Radončić je kapitalizirao na način da je paralelno gradio vlastitu *kadrovsku hobotnicu* u državnim kompanijama i javnim institucijama koje su uredno servisirale njegove sve nezasitije poslovne prohtjeve i ambicije.
I know what this means: R. got his people appointed to various key positions and thus established a network of influence. However, a literal translation of "personnel octopus" would verge on the nonsensical to a reader of English, so I'm looking for a nice paraphrase that would express this concept.
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| Grading comment Thanks. I ended up going with "network of influence," since that seemed to convey what was intended adequately in the given context.
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2 hrs confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 by installing his own network of people in... he extended his tentacles into every...
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something along those lines
| | | Grading comment | Thanks. I ended up going with "network of influence," since that seemed to convey what was intended adequately in the given context. |
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