craftily seize key posts;unjustly occupy a high post; usurp a high (/important) post ? 若夫暗藏之汪精衛(wèi)，則招搖過(guò)市，～；匿影藏形，深入社會(huì)。(《毛澤東選集》680) The latter are either craftily seizing key posts and swaggering about,or working obscurely and worming their way into all walks of life.