Intimidation definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary INTIMIDA'TION, n. The act ... a weaker person to make them do something [syn: bullying, intimidation] 2: the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone ... that makes you afraid to try something [syn: determent, deterrence, intimidation] Merriam Webster's noun see intimidate Webster's 1913 Dictionary Intimidation In*tim`i*da"tion, n. [Cf. F. intimidation.] The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring ... intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation. The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation. -- ...
... if by threats < tried to intimidate a witness > • intimidatingly adverb • intimidation noun • intimidator noun Synonyms: intimidate, cow, bulldoze, bully, browbeat mean ... bulldozed the city council into approving the plan >. bully implies intimidation through threats, insults, or aggressive behavior < bullied into giving up ... tr. frighten or overawe, esp. to subdue or influence. Derivatives: intimidation n. intimidator n. Etymology: med.L intimidare (as IN-(2 ... did not work. VERB: V n, V n into -ing • intimidation ...an inquiry into allegations of intimidation during last week's vote. Soule's Dictionary of English ...
... extortion. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: obtain through intimidation 2: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal ... Date: 15th century to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power ; wring; also to gain especially ... v. a. Exact, wrest, wring, wrench, force, wring from by intimidation or terrorism. Moby Thesaurus abstract, and, annex, appropriate, ask, ask ...
... the twins are little terrors). 3 the use of organized intimidation; terrorism. Phrases and idioms: reign of terror a period of ... Synonyms n. 1. Consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread. 2. Cause of fear. Moby ... terror, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, horrification, horror, hothead, hotspur, incendiary, incubus, intimidation, killer, mad dog, madcap, monster, mug, mugger, muscle man, nightmare ...
... 3 Law a the unlawful exercise of physical force. b intimidation by the exhibition of this. Phrases and idioms: do violence ... ill-usage, ill-use, inflammability, inhumaneness, inhumanity, injure, injury, intensity, intimidation, irascibility, irritability, keenness, latent violence, maltreatment, might, mightiness, mistreatment, molestation ...
... vb. n. Bulldozing.] To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.] Collin's ...
... bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff. 3 ... humbuggery, impersonator, impertinent, impostor, imposture, impudent, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, intimidate, intimidation, joke, joker, juggle, kid, laconic, let down, let on, let ...
... vital that the elections should be free of coercion or intimidation. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Restraint, check ... force. Moby Thesaurus argumentum baculinum, compulsion, constraint, duress, high pressure, intimidation, menace, menacing, pressure, strong-arm tactics, the big stick, the ...
... vb. n. Bulldozing.] To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]
... vb. n. Bulldozing.] To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]
... or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear [syn: terrorism, act of terrorism ... of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation. --Jefferson. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Terrorism is the use of ...