protection
Protection (Latin: protection) stands for
- Favor , (legal) the preferential treatment of a criminal
- Patronage , targeted promotion of a person
- Patronage , ideal support of an event or organization
- Protection , a measure against threat
- Rope team , (disparagingly) beneficial informal relationships
- Nepotism , (pejorative) targeted filling of positions with family members or loved ones
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Wiktionary: Protection - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations