The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
jackboot tactics — jackboot tactics, rough, bullying measures to achieve compliance or submission … Useful english dictionary
jackboot — /jak booht /, n. 1. a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn esp. by soldiers. 2. Also called jackboot tactics. brutally bullying, militaristic, or authoritarian measures. 3. a person who uses such measures. [1680 90; JACK1 + BOOT1]… … Universalium
Boot — A boot is a type of shoe that covers at least the foot and the ankle and sometimes extends up to the knee or even the hip. Most have a heel that is clearly distinguishable from the rest of the sole, even if the two are made of one piece.… … Wikipedia
jack|boot — «JAK BOOT», noun, verb, –n. 1. a heavy boot reaching above the knee. 2. a similar boot worn by German soldiers during World War II. 3. Figurative. a) rough, bullying measures; jackboot tactics. b) a person who uses rough, bullying measures: »a… … Useful english dictionary
coercion — Synonyms and related words: argumentum baculinum, compulsion, constraint, duress, high pressure, intimidation, menace, menacing, pressure, strong arm tactics, the big stick, the bludgeon, the club, the jackboot, the mailed fist, the strong arm,… … Moby Thesaurus
duress — Synonyms and related words: amperage, argumentum baculinum, armipotence, authority, beef, black power, brute force, captivity, charge, charisma, close arrest, clout, coercion, cogence, cogency, compulsion, compulsoriness, confinement, constraint … Moby Thesaurus
intimidation — Synonyms and related words: admonition, argumentum baculinum, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boastfulness, bravado, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, bustle, caution, cautioning, caveat, coercion, commination, cowing,… … Moby Thesaurus
pressure — Synonyms and related words: abetment, adverse circumstances, adversity, advocate, affliction, aggravation, albatross, annoyance, apply pressure, argumentum baculinum, ascendancy, authority, bale, bear against, bear down on, bear down upon, bear… … Moby Thesaurus
strong arm — Synonyms and related words: amperage, argumentum baculinum, arm, armipotence, authority, battler, beef, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, black power, blackjack, blade, bludgeon, bravo, brawler, brute force, bulldoze, bulldozer, bully,… … Moby Thesaurus
violence — Synonyms and related words: Alecto, Megaera, Nemesis, Tisiphone, abuse, acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, agitability, animality, argumentum baculinum, assault, astringency, atrociousness, atrocity, attack, barbarity, barbarousness,… … Moby Thesaurus
