Both Uses of
intimidate
in
Freakonomics
- The early Klan did its work through pamphleteering, lynching, shooting, burning, castrating, pistol-whipping, and a thousand forms of intimidation.†
p. 52.3 *
- What drove Kennedy was a hatred of small-mindedness, ignorance, obstructionism, and intimidation—which, in his view, were displayed by no organization more proudly than the Ku Klux Klan.†
p. 54.7
Definition:
to cause fear, nervousness, or a sense of inadequacy