Sentence examples for rule of intimidation from inspiring English sources

The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first use of the term in 1795, to describe the French government's rule of intimidation during the Reign of Terror (more of which, later).

He accused Massey of operating under a rule of "fear and intimidation" to prevent workers from speaking out about safety problems.

Mr Ayloush noted the US Supreme Court ruled in 2003 acts of intimidation such as KKK-style cross burnings may be prohibited if the perpetrator is carrying out the burning to intimidate or terrorize.

He is as close to a democratically elected leader as Haiti can claim, even though he held power with the aid of extra-legal gangs, won his second term in 2000 in an election that the political opposition boycotted, and is accused by critics -- including top officials in Washington -- of corruption and rule by intimidation.

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It is safe to say Parcells, who ruled his fiefdom with a potent combination of intimidation and paranoia, would never have allowed that openness.

Instead, Bundy's cattle were returned and armed intimidation defeated the rule of law.

Mr Trudeau referred to the gunman as a criminal and said that Canada was a nation of fairness, justice and the rule of law, and should not be intimidated into changing that.Yet intimidation seemed contagious.

And it is happening in a country that once had widespread respect for the rule of law.Mr Mugabe is not relying on intimidation alone.

This election breaks these politics of intimidation.

That was probably the result of intimidation.