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Meaning of "standover" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF STANDOVER

ˈstændˌəʊvə


WHAT DOES STANDOVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Extortion

Extortion is a criminal offense of obtaining money, property, or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups. The actual obtainment of money or property is not required to commit the offense. Making a threat of violence which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence is sufficient to commit the offense. Exaction refers not only to extortion or the unlawful demanding and obtaining of something through force, but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant. Extortion is distinguished from robbery. In robbery, whether armed or not, the offender takes property from the victim by the immediate use of force or fear that force will be immediately used Extortion, which is not limited to the taking of property, involves the verbal or written instillation of fear that something will happen to the victim if they do not comply with the extortionist's will.

Definition of standover in the English dictionary

The definition of standover in the dictionary is practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STANDOVER

cabover · call-over · carry-over · changeover · crossover · cutover · flyover · handover · hangover · layover · leftover · mouseover · Passover · popover · pullover · sleepover · slipover · stopover · switchover · takeover

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STANDOVER

standing room · standing start · standing stone · standing water · standing wave · standish · standoff · standoff missile · standoffish · standoffishly · standoffishness · standout · standover man · standpat · standpatter · standpattism · standpipe · standpoint · standstill · standstill agreement

WORDS THAT END LIKE STANDOVER

all over · all-over · cover · cut-and-cover · discover · Dover · Hannover · hardcover · holdover · Hoover · hover · Land Rover · lover · makeover · moreover · on cover · over · over and over · recover · rover

Synonyms and antonyms of standover in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «standover» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STANDOVER

Find out the translation of standover to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of standover from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «standover» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

standover
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

standover
570 millions of speakers
en

English

standover
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

standover
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

standover
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

standover
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

standover
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উপর দাঁড়ানো
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

standover
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berdiri tegak
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Stands
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

脅し
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

스탠드 오버
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ngadeg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

standover
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மீது நிற்க
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्टँडओव्हर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

standover
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

standover
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

standover
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

standover
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

standover
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

standover
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

standover
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

standover
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

standover
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of standover

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STANDOVER»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of standover
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about standover

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STANDOVER»

Discover the use of standover in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to standover and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shotgun and Standover: The Story of the Painters and Dockers
Few names in Australian criminal history are as redolent as the Painters and Dockers.
James Morton, Russell Robinson, 2011
2
Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
37 The standover losses for fourteen different observations covering 867 hours amounted to 3043.5 lb. or an average of 3.3 lb. per hour. The periods of standover varied from 12 to 300 hours, the standover losses for the short periods being ...
‎1912
3
Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
37 The standover losses for fourteen different observations covering 867 hours amounted to 3043.5 lb. or an average of 3.3 lb. per hour. The periods of standover varied from 12 to 300 hours, the standover losses for the short periods being ...
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1912
4
Mechanical Engineering
37 The standover losses for fourteen different observations covering 867 hours amounted to 3043.5 lb. or an average of 3.3 lb. per hour. The periods of standover varied from 12 to 300 hours, the standover losses for the short periods being ...
‎1912
5
The Book Thief
In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. From the Hardcover edition.
Markus Zusak, 2007
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Gangland Melbourne
During his months in Sydney, Bruhn ran prostitutes (including the gorgeous Nellie Cameron), dealt in cocaine and the standover, put together a little team of his own, cut boxer Billy Chambers (one of Sydney's top receivers) to ribbons over a ...
James Morton, Susanna Lobez, 2011
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Gangland Australia
Now he spent the next five years of his life either in hiding, in prison, or locked in battle with another top standover man, Guido Calletti, for the favours of the delectable Nellie Cameron. After Norman Bruhn's death, Ernest Connelly, also known ...
James Morton, Susanna Lobez, 2010
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Gangland Sydney
Rather, there were a series of individual criminals who came together on a regular or irregular basis, as the need arose, for standover and robberies. Then in the 1970s the face of organised crime changed exponentially. While the so- called ...
James Morton, Susanna Lobez, 2011
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Parliamentary Papers
Lowland cane, under similar treatment, gave 14'30 Brix; 11 '60 sucrose; 80 purity. Standover cane (Highland) gave 19'25 Brix; 17'12 sucrose; 88'94 purity. The price paid to the grower for cane (exclusive of cartage allowance) was — lis. per  ...
Queensland. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, 1907
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Cane Growers' Quarterly Bulletin
Standover. cane. can. be. an. economic. proposition. OBSERVATIONS after the wet years of 1973 and 1975 left little doubt that standover cane can be an economic proposition. Many blocks of standover cane in the Cairns Babinda area during ...
‎1976

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STANDOVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term standover is used in the context of the following news items.
1
CFMEU uses standover tactics: scaffolder
An ACT scaffolding company director claims the construction union employed standover tactics when he refused to sign an enterprise bargaining agreement. «SBS, Jul 15»
2
George Alex and his high life with low-lifes: standover men …
The name George Alex is rarely printed without the prefix "underworld figure". This anti-honorific was attached to Alex's name long before it was officially ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
3
George Alex's bankruptcy trustees claim millions linked to slain …
The cash targeted includes a $6 million defamation payout to Mr Alex and his murdered standover man Joseph Antoun, which was an alleged sham created for ... «The Age, May 15»
4
Accused drug syndicate standover man denied bail
A plasterer accused of being a standover man and dealer for two women allegedly running a major drug syndicate in Victoria's north-east has been refused bail. «The Age, Jan 15»
5
The gold bar, the standover man and the lender of last resort
Controversial lender-of-last-resort Ian Lazar is set to spend Christmas behind bars after he was charged with conspiring with a well-known standover man to ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
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Far northern cane growers suffer short-term standover pain for long …
Some far north Queensland cane growers are facing the harsh economic reality of cane being left in the paddock at the end of this season's sugar harvest. «ABC Online, Nov 14»
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Top cop Stephen Fontana testifies that building industry and CFMEU …
... recordings, testimony and sworn witness statements implicating the CFMEU in allegations of standover tactics, coercion and threats on Melbourne worksites. «The Age, Sep 14»
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Alleged building industry standover man George Alex needs …
The construction industry heavyweight, who is facing separate accusations in the royal commission into trade union corruption of standover tactics and kickbacks ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 14»
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NSW standover man's killer given 17 years
"The term standover man would not be an inapposite description of the deceased," Justice Bellew said. Abouhait was in a hurry and left empty handed but ... «The Australian, Sep 14»
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Others call it standover. Gatto's cameo at the 2002 hearings concerned a $275,000 payment made by Baulderstone Hornibrook for industrial peace on the ... «Herald Sun, Jul 14»
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