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slapp suit noun action against public, action to deter protests, harassment through legal means, infliction of punnshment for protesting, judicial process as a means to dissourage protests, lawsuit to deter opposition, litigation to deter opposition, participation suit, retaliation for protests, retribution for protesting, retributive justice, scare tactics, strategic lawsuit, vengeance
Associated concepts: antislapp suit

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No references found			113) SLAPP suits are "generally meritless suits brought by large private interests to deter common citizens from exercising their political or legal rights or to punish them for doing so. Developing wind power projects in Massachusetts: anticipating and ... by Koehler, Mike / Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy This was what California's Anti Slapp Suit Law was designed to prevent. Hospital runs afoul of 'Anti Slapp' Suit Law by Tammelleo, A. David / Hospital Law's Regan Report SLAPP suits are filed not to win on the merits but rather to distract, divert, and intimidate citizens. Fight witness intimidation by Gear, John / Trial			skirt skirting skirts skittish skulking skyrocket skyscraper slab slack slack off slacken slackening slackness slake slam slam into slander Slander charge Slander charge against newspaper? slander issues Slanderer slant slanted slanting slap slapp suit slash slash prices slate Slating slatternly slaughter Slaughter-House Cases slave Slave trade slavery slavish slavishness slay slaying sleave sleazy sleep sleep at sleeping sleepless sleepy sleight sleight of hand slender slender means			slap test slap together slap together slap wrist Slap, Pull, Observe, Release, Tap, Shoot SLAP-2 slap-bang Slap-Happy Slap-stick Slap-stick slap-up SLAP1 SLAPAHO SLAPC slapdash Slape Slape ale Slapeface slaphappier slaphappiest slaphappy Slaphead Slaphead Slaphead Slaphead slapheads slapjack slapjacks SLAPP SLAPP slapp suit SLAPPC slapped slapped slapped Slapped cheek Slapped cheek Slapped cheek slapped cheek appearance Slapped cheek syndrome Slapped cheek syndrome Slapped cheek syndrome slapped down slapped down Slapped face Slapped face Slapped face Slapped face disease Slapped face disease Slapped face disease slapped on slapped on slapped on the back slapped on the back Slapped User; Problem Corrected :-) slapped-cheek disease slapper slapper slapper slappers slapping

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