jackbooted

American  

[jak-boo-tid] / ˈdʒækˌbu tɪd /

adjective

1. wearing jackboots.

2. brutally and oppressively bullying.

   a jackbooted militarism.

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Etymology

Origin of jackbooted

First recorded in 1840–50; jackboot + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Komasa knows authoritarianism in its most flagrant, brutal forms, but his new film “Anniversary” imagines a scenario in which fascism doesn’t stomp in, jackbooted, but creeps, pretty and ladylike, on kitten-heeled feet.

From Los Angeles Times

Fosse never visually depicts or provides audio documentation of the Nazis breaking up his enchanted Kit Kat Club, though the jackbooted men sitting in front rows at the final performance assuredly do so in the millisecond after the film fades to black.

From Salon

In one of Mr. Causey’s final columns for The Post, he directed his sarcasm at politicians who invoked imagery of Nazi stormtroopers by describing federal employees carrying out their jobs as “jackbooted thugs.”

From Washington Post

“I had lunch the other day with a ‘jackbooted thug,’ a.k.a. a retired federal law enforcement officer,” Mr. Causey wrote.

From Washington Post

Sparks, grand without being beautiful, has one of the few steakhouse wine lists that don’t try to strong-arm you into getting an expensive, jackbooted red.

From New York Times