strong-arm

How To Use strong-arm In A Sentence

• The police strong-armed the suspect
• Newspapers are hardly known for opening up the coffers for promotion, even as they strong-arm their ad clients into doing so.
• We oppose the practice of finger-pointing among countries or strong-arm measures to force other countries to appreciate currencies," he told reporters last month. Geithner delays report, sidesteps China currency policy
• He's now employed mainly for... "Maartens scratched his greasy hair as he struggled to find the word he wanted, ` strong-arm business. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
• It's true that he sometimes had to be strong-armed into supporting these measures.
• The resistance of the innocent man caused the "whipper" to call in three other sturdy blacks, and, in a few minutes, the victim was fastened upon the stretcher, face downwards, his clothing removed, and the strong-armed white negro-whipper standing over him with uplifted whip. My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People
• The dW Java team loves Sing, and I'm routinely reminded by them that I should strong-arm him into writing again.
• Detectives who grill suspects in Homicide (TV series)do it with verbal cunning, not strong-arm bullying.
• There is, however, one class of married man that should be free to mislead and philander as they wish: guys who were strong-armed into buying expensive engagement rings for their wives.
• He was strong-armed by the policemen