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hard-handed
[ hahrd-han-did ]
adjective
- oppressive or tyrannical; stern or cruel.
- having hands hardened by toil.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hard-handed1
Example Sentences
He has promised to roll back bail reforms, restore police-agency immunity from civil rights lawsuits and appoint hard-handed judges.
In her letter to Bennett informing him she was quitting, Zoabi, a legislator from the Meretz party, referenced an escalation in violence at a Jerusalem holy site as well as hard-handed tactics by Israeli police at the funeral last week of a Palestinian journalist.
But defense attorney Shawn Merzlak argued the three were following their training, getting McGraw to agree that deputies were trained that a stun gun “is a device that should be used before hard-handed techniques because it is the device that is most likely to get compliance without serious injury to the suspect or the officer.â€
The union had issued a statement in June saying it did not support a vaccine mandate without a testing option, asserting that such a “hard-handed†approach would further frustrate health-care workers.
The late-night gathering is just the latest incident of Sanders’ supporters using hard-handed tactics to push for their candidate.
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