| 单词 | standover tactic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstandover tactic b. In sense 2, as in standover tactic, standover method, etc. ΚΠ 1936 Daily Tel. (New S. Wales) 21 Aug. 6/3 (heading) Behind it is the unsavory and increasingly powerful ‘standover’ racket—the system of piracy, by which thugs and gunmen batten on the illicit gains of S.P. bookmakers. 1938 Austral. Abo Call July 2/4 Aborigines..complain that the police use ‘stand-over methods’ and foul language. 1961 Austral. Women's Weekly 20 Sept. 26/2 I recently had t wo distressing visits from collectors who adopted a stand-over manner for debts which my husband incurred. 2019 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 1 He was angry at the standover tactics the group employed towards locals and elderly people who challenged their behaviour. < as lemmas |
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