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Recent Examples of intimidation
Any group of employees that forms an internal clique with secret membership, intimidation, special treatment, or retaliation is incompatible with public service and will be eliminated from this department.
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Opinion Staff, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
Tycie Denise Parham, 48, and Gerald Keith Towns, 62, are both charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, witness intimidation and conspiracy to commit witness intimidation.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Rubble, pain and intimidation aren’t apparent.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
In Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam, workers report intimidation, surveillance and firing threats to suppress organizing—all tactics that audits routinely miss.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
Arrests, surveillance, intimidation, and executions have intensified.
—Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Havas also was the judge in a witness intimidation crime committed by Brooks committed in Milwaukee County days before the deadly parade tragedy.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
But my family also remembers the complexity of that time, stories of intimidation, families caught in the middle, because history is rarely simple.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The bill now requires the NYPD to form a plan for how to address and limit obstruction, intimidation and physical injury.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Opinion Staff, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
Tycie Denise Parham, 48, and Gerald Keith Towns, 62, are both charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, witness intimidation and conspiracy to commit witness intimidation.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Rubble, pain and intimidation aren’t apparent.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
In Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam, workers report intimidation, surveillance and firing threats to suppress organizing—all tactics that audits routinely miss.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
Arrests, surveillance, intimidation, and executions have intensified.
—Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Havas also was the judge in a witness intimidation crime committed by Brooks committed in Milwaukee County days before the deadly parade tragedy.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
But my family also remembers the complexity of that time, stories of intimidation, families caught in the middle, because history is rarely simple.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The bill now requires the NYPD to form a plan for how to address and limit obstruction, intimidation and physical injury.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidation
Noun
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Rabbi Irwin Kula, the panel’s moderator, asked the participants to describe their biggest fear or nightmare.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sacramento community advocates are sounding the alarm over fears of deep city budget cuts that could impact public safety.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When the soil is warm and dry and the last threat of frost has passed, focus on pruning, prepping and feeding your plants.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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The organization's latest concern is AI in the classroom, which Moms for Liberty sees as a threat to parental control over education.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The records also show Renfro is facing several other charges from previous cases, including assault causing bodily injury, assault causing bodily injury-family violence, evading arrest or detention, and continuous violence against the family.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The siting of the rites at the Colosseum—where it has been held since 1964, echoing a practice from the eighteenth century—means that the Pope enacts Jesus’ final hours not in a Baroque basilica but against the backdrop of the Roman Empire, which exercised power through violence.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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Unlike other crimes that use hacking or social engineering scams to access victims’ funds remotely, wrench attacks rely on more brutish methods of coercion like kidnapping and torture.—
Megan Cassidy,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest, and mass murder from behind a nuclear shield.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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One rabid mongoose bite later, and Ben is a skull-crushing, face-ripping menace terrorizing Lucy and her friends.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Hallways hum with invisible menace.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest, and mass murder from behind a nuclear shield.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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By 1944, when much of the city lay in ruins, the terror spread.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Israel’s national security minister is slamming the Muslim-majority countries that have denounced its controversial bill to effectively expand the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism and nationalistic murders.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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The survivors face criminal terrorism charges that could carry a life sentence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Lago explained in a March 10 meeting that the fee would make required maintenance cheaper and easier for business owners, while letting the city manage sidewalk pressure-cleaning and repairs, landscaping and streetscape upkeep to clean and beautify the city.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Geopolitical shifts compound these pressures.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Intimidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidation. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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