Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state, Based on or motivated by self-serving interests, especially in attempting to gain power or to please people of a higher rank in an organization, Indicating national or regional boundaries. Used of maps, noun_ A political officer or agent, as distinguished from military, commercial, and diplomatic officers or agents; specifically, in India, an officer of the British government who deals with native states or tribes and directs their political affairs, A political offender or prisoner, a publication centred around politics