STRONG-ARM


Meaning of STRONG-ARM in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

strong-arm tactics (= the use of force, violence, or threats )

Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

tactic

Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote.

A case's merit should not have to depend on strong-arm tactics .

In this game strong-arm tactics were deployed by both sides to kill five ends and force replays.

Also rumoured they used strong-arm tactics during one of Buckmaster's many takeover bids to build up his conglomerate.

Strachan believes they can do it - provided dangerman Lee Chapman gets proper protection against Stuttgart's strong-arm tactics .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A case's merit should not have to depend on strong-arm tactics.

He said all muscles need to be used gently before tackling the strong-arm work.

In the first months of Whitelaw rule, strong-arm cliques began to assert themselves in Belfast.

In this game strong-arm tactics were deployed by both sides to kill five ends and force replays.

It had been, as record retailer Bruce Webb suggested, a business of late payments and strong-arm collections.

Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote.

Those men were handpicked strong-arm thugs, hired for the occasion, known for their viciousness.

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