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bargaining chip


  • n  leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiations
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  • China and Hong Kong Hold Edward Snowden's Fate
    What happens next with the man responsible for leaking a trove of National Security Agency documents to the Guardian rests in the hands of two countries who could do anything. They might send him back to the U.S. with express shipping, or decide to keep him as a global bargaining chip.
    June 9, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News

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