economic strangulation
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Definition(s):
- (n) punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them
Usage(s):
- Nothing would please most Poles more than that Danzig, ancient and once splendid city of the Hanseatic League, should die of slow, economic strangulation.
- Relieving the South of economic strangulation due to New Deal experimentation, regimentation and unequal freight rates would be the outstanding humanitarian act of all time.
- To meet the threats of force and economic strangulation, rebel agents offered $200.
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