Words similar to strong-arm
Example sentences for: strong-arm
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This is bad newspapering because the company isn't admitting it practiced strong-arm tactics, and besides, the use of the phrase makes it appear as if the LAT is condemning the company, which it shouldn't really be doing without first adducing a great deal more evidence about Intel's practices than it does in this story.
Minutes later, Black told viewers of CNN's Crossfire that "Microsoft really was created" from "the old IBM monopoly" and that the company relied not on "innovation" but on illegal strong-arm tactics, like in The Godfather . Crossfire co-host David Corn joked that Microsoft even "stole the operating system from Apple."
The Washington Post reported back in 1977 that "the fraternity of wholesalers and national distributors" viewed Flynt and his alleged strong-arm tactics (his brother supposedly beat up a wholesaler who couldn't pay) as "an unwelcome addition to the scene."
One discrepancy in the LAT account of the settlement: the paper says the agreement calls for the company to "mend its strong-arm tactics."
Except, of course, I don't seem to be paying an ounce of attention to the continuing and perplexingly tireless efforts of these groups and the candidates they manage to strong-arm into intolerance.