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jackboot

[ jak-boot ]

noun

  1. a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn especially by soldiers.
  2. Also called jackboot tactics. brutally bullying, militaristic, or authoritarian measures.
  3. a person who uses such measures.


jackboot

/ 藞诲萧忙办藢产耻藧迟 /

noun

  1. an all-leather military boot, extending up to or above the knee
    1. arbitrary, cruel, and authoritarian rule or behaviour
    2. ( as modifier )

      jackboot tactics

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞箩补肠办藢产辞辞迟别诲, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of jackboot1

First recorded in 1680鈥90; jack 1 + boot 1
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Transparency in government is one of our oldest and most sacrosanct rights; it is what protects us from jackboots in the night.

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A disproportionate number not only did not even passively resist but showed themselves eager to lick the polish off Hitler鈥檚 jackboots, if necessary.

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Sorry, MAGA, but if the jackboot fits, wear it: he is an authoritarian, a statist, a racist, an aspiring fascist, a hateful, mendacious, corrupt traitor, a fool, mentally ill, and frankly evil.

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The comedian George Carlin said that it would come not 鈥渨ith jackboots鈥 but 鈥淣ike sneakers and smiley shirts.鈥

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Letting defeat creep in when I see all of us getting stomped on by tech-enabled jackboots in an unregulated corporate panopticon.

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