protection
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(noun) payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection" |
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Synonyms: tribute |
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Related Words: extortion |
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(noun) the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"; "he hated to spend so much time guarding his new car" |
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Synonyms: guarding, protecting |
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Related Words: accompaniment, activity, care, charge, civil defense, covering, defence, defense, escort, guardianship, immunisation, immunization, inoculating, insulation, locking, lockup, momism, overprotection, overshielding, patrol, patrolling, precaution, preservation, preserving, ruggedisation, ruggedization, safeguard, saving, sealing, self-defence, self-defense, self-protection, shielding, tutelage, vaccinating, waterproofing |
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(noun) the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform" |
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Synonyms: trade protection |
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Related Words: imposition, infliction |
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(noun) the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home" |
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Synonyms: shelter |
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Related Words: indemnity, insurance, security |
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(noun) kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council" |
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Synonyms: aegis, auspices |
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Related Words: endorsement |
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(noun) a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors" |
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Synonyms: protective covering |
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Related Words: armor, armour, back, bell glass, bell jar, binder, binding, blind, bonnet, book binding, cap, cladding, cloche, coaster, cold frame, cover, covering, cowl, cowling, crystal, dashboard, dust cover, escutcheon, faceplate, facing, fallboard, finger plate, heat shield, hood, housing, lining, mask, mulch, overlay, overlayer, ring-binder, roof, screen, scutcheon, shade, sheath, sheathing, shelter, shield, splashboard, testudo, thumbstall, toecap, washboard, watch crystal, watch glass |
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(noun) defense against financial failure; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness" |
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Synonyms: security |
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Related Words: asset, coverage, hedge, hedging, insurance |
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