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  2. Intimidation - Wikipedia

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    Intimidation is derived from the verb intimidate, and it comes from the Latin word intimidat, it means to "make timid."Intimidation is defined as an interaction style that emphasizes on "bullying, exploiting, or manipulating others, solely for one's own advantage."

  3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    a single measure of whisky or other distilled spirit (used mostly in Scotland, derived from the Scots word 'hauf') fifty percent/0.5 times. large bottle of spirits ("a half of bourbon"), traditionally 1/2 of a US gallon, now the metric near-equivalent of 1750 mL; also "handle" as such large bottles often have a handle halfway house

  4. Death threat - Wikipedia

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    A threatening note that was left in the mailbox of Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor Edwin A. Seibel in 1955.. A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people.

  5. Lynching - Wikipedia

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    It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged or convicted transgressor or to intimidate others. It can also be an extreme form of informal group social control, and it is often conducted with the display of a public spectacle (often in the form of a hanging) for maximum intimidation. [1]

  6. Harassment - Wikipedia

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    Shimei curses David, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld. Attested in English from 1753, [4] harassment derives from the English verb harass plus the suffix -ment.The verb harass, in turn, is a loan word from the French, which was already attested in 1572 meaning torment, annoyance, bother, trouble [5] and later as of 1609 was also referred to the condition of being exhausted, overtired.

  7. Workplace bullying - Wikipedia

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    Workplace bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment from others in the workplace that causes physical and/or emotional harm. It includes verbal, nonverbal, psychological, and physical abuse, as well as humiliation.

  8. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Anaphora – a succession of sentences beginning with the same word or group of words. Anastrophe – inversion of the natural word order. Anecdote – a brief narrative describing an interesting or amusing event. Antanaclasis – a figure of speech involving a pun, consisting of the repeated use of the same word, each time with different meanings.

  9. Jury tampering - Wikipedia

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    Jury tampering is the crime of unduly attempting to influence the composition or decisions of a jury during the course of a trial.The means by which this crime could be perpetrated can include attempting to discredit potential jurors to ensure they will not be selected for duty.