jackbooted

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The precise wording was "acted like a jackbooted Nazi," as opposed to one who wears tassels on his loafers.

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  1. adjective Wearing jackboots.
  2. adjective Cruelly and violently oppressive: "a revival of the aggressive, jack-booted militarism of the Thirties and Forties” (Saturday Review).

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  • The problem arises of course where the State, whether nanny, jackbooted or otherwise (I can't tell the difference) steps in. —  The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG
  • Another "historical first" for BO is that he's the first president with his own private army of jackbooted thugs to help people "get their minds right". —  Latest Articles
  • The precise wording was "acted like a jackbooted Nazi," as opposed to one who wears tassels on his loafers. —  DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS
  • And D. L. Hughley is cheerleading for a bunch of jackbooted, machete-wielding neo-Mau Maus, merely because he has African ancestry. —  Latest Articles
  • Not every dystopia is a twist of grotesque, imposing architecture that houses jackbooted thugs. —  IGN Wii
 

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