This word for one in office (who may lean on supporters for funds) is from the Latin for "lean on"
... at $23.5 billion in 
2015  the year that one of EA's biggest successes, Star Wars:... [DOC] [TLE] Lean on Me to offer anonymous venue for student support [PAR] Feb 5, 2016 ... Spring-term juniors must submit a HASS concentration form by 5 p.m. today.