Meaning & use
jackboots
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Heavy military boots reaching to the knee, traditionally worn by soldiers and now used as a symbol of harsh, authoritarian rule.
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The soldiers' jackboots echoed on the cobblestones as they marched into the square.
Critics accused the regime of ruling by jackboot rather than by law.
A note on using this word
Almost always used figuratively in modern writing, as in 'jackboot tactics,' to evoke military oppression rather than the literal footwear.
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