jackbooted
/ˈdʒækˌbutɪd/
adjective
- Wearing jackboots.
- The painting showed a jackbooted figure leading the charge.
- The jackbooted soldiers stood guard at the gate.
- A jackbooted officer barked orders at the recruits.
- Relating to or characteristic of oppressive military force or authoritarian rule.
- The movie portrays a jackbooted regime that crushes dissent.
- They resisted the jackbooted policies of the government.
- The jackbooted tactics of the police drew international criticism.
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