They will increasingly have to master the dark arts of political intrigue.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To these qualities he added cunning and a sense of timing in political intrigue.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
He turned his back on the city, and on the vanities of career and money and political intrigue.
Harvey, John COUP D'ETAT