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noun

a protective jacketlike garment, armored so as to resist bullets, knives, etc., worn especially by police officers for defense against attack.

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Otis says he was wearing a tan jacket similar to one described by witnesses.
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Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.
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For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
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The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
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During this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.
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He was so zealous a partisan of democracy, and of Cromwell, that the authorities frequently placed him in a straight jacket.
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He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
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