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Noun
- payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection
- the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition
- he made trade protection a plank in the party platform
- kindly endorsement and guidance
- the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council
- the condition of being protected
- they were huddled together for protection
- he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home
- defense against financial failure; financial independence
- his pension gave him security in his old age
- insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness
- a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
- they had no protection from the fallout
- wax provided protection for the floors
- the activity of protecting someone or something
- the witnesses demanded police protection