schmutzel
Verb: to mingle, hobknob, or network with people you find unsavory in order to further your own goals.
Noun: one who mingles, hobknobs, or networks with people with people they find unsavory in order to further their own goals.
Sidenote: a schmooze is a type of schmutzel, however, a schmutzel is not a schmooze.
Noun: one who mingles, hobknobs, or networks with people with people they find unsavory in order to further their own goals.
Sidenote: a schmooze is a type of schmutzel, however, a schmutzel is not a schmooze.
Robert knew that if he was going to get a documentary about his gay father green lighted, he'd have to really schmutzel the execs at HBO.