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jackboot
[ jak-boot ]
noun
- a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn especially by soldiers.
- Also called jackboot tactics. brutally bullying, militaristic, or authoritarian measures.
- a person who uses such measures.
jackboot
/ ˈ»åÏôæ°ìËŒ²ú³Ü˳٠/
noun
- an all-leather military boot, extending up to or above the knee
- arbitrary, cruel, and authoritarian rule or behaviour
- ( as modifier )
jackboot tactics
Derived Forms
- ˈÂá²¹³¦°ìËŒ²ú´Ç´Ç³Ù±ð»å, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Transparency in government is one of our oldest and most sacrosanct rights; it is what protects us from jackboots in the night.
A disproportionate number not only did not even passively resist but showed themselves eager to lick the polish off Hitler’s jackboots, if necessary.
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.
HBO’s corporate soap “Succession†was not a drama about fascism per se, but it was maybe more powerful for focusing on the suits while the jackboots were being polished in the background.
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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