• noun:   payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

  Example: "Every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"

• noun:   the activity of protecting someone or something

  Example: "The witnesses demanded police protection"

• noun:   the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition

  Example: "He made trade protection a plank in the party platform"

• noun:   the condition of being protected

  Example: "They were huddled together for protection"

• noun:   kindly endorsement and guidance
• noun:   defense against financial failure; financial independence

  Example: "Insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"

• noun:   a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

  Example: "They had no protection from the fallout"

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