Elect, secure, direct, capture
I think you got it!
-SB
Continuing to brainstorm here . . .
What about if the y is like--fishy, tight-wad-y, stupid-y, . . . as in -ish or some such.
Elect-y . . . as in electable, electee, pretend candidate while being subversive, gamey candidate . . .
secure-y as in thinking they are secure because the obvious things are made to look secure; shallow security?
direct-y . . . as in directee, filling a role as a director while not being; pretending to direct while not doing so--a figurehead director . . .
capture-y --captee/captive; trapping; pretending to capture; appearing ready to capture -------- seems like a hokey idea to me but maybe it will trigger someone else's better idea.