1. jackboot - Noun
2. jackboot - Verb
(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
Source: WordNetIn totalitarian societies, there is no mechanism for change; the jackboot comes down hard, crushing malcontents. Source: Internet
In the guise of caring for “marginalized communities”, Berdin would place the jackboot of censorship on the throats of those she disagrees with. Source: Internet
Switzerland did survive as a free, democratic state in a Europe prostrate under the Nazi jackboot. Source: Internet
It was here, now, alive, as real as the ground we are standing on and any jackboot that attempted to come down on it was going to find itself booted right back. Source: Internet
The Nazis never did set one jackboot on Skokie pavement, peeling off and staging a rally in Chicago instead. Source: Internet
Rubio’s out, and now must decide if losing his home state to Trump was humiliating enough — or if he’d like to shoot the moon and lick The Donald’s jackboot. Source: Internet