Search Result for "gunboat_diplomacy":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in order to obtain their objectives;
[syn: power politics, gunboat diplomacy]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gunboat diplomacy
    n 1: diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in
         order to obtain their objectives [syn: power politics,
         gunboat diplomacy]