Once, in an attempt to staff our nursery, we resorted to heavy-handedtactics, assigning parents to nursery duty on a particular Sunday, whether they volunteered or not.
Christianity Today (2000)
Its heavy-handed sales tactics prompted the pharmaceutical industry's regulatory watchdog to make a ruling of unethical behaviour against it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Another area of concern has been the use of heavy-handedtactics when payments are missed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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Definition of 'heavy-handed'
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adjective
If you say that someone's behaviour is heavy-handed, you mean that they are too forceful or too rough.