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Jawboning

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Persistent persuasive talk, particularly (politics, economics) talk that includes implied threats of punitive action, such as tighter government regulation. uncountable, usually

    "Or the merely verbal pressure of jawbonings by prominent people may try to silence a certain point of view."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of jawbone form-of, gerund, participle, present

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