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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
blackjack .
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Examples
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The review emphasized not only the violence in the plot — a vengeful search that "gets [Powell] blackjacked by energetic Argentine patriots, slugged by Fascist conspirators and mixed up in one of the most brutal beatings ever filmed" — but also the behind-the-scenes details of the fight itself, which suggested that Powell was a tough guy both on and off the set:
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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The exchange goes bad, Marriott is killed, and Marlowe is blackjacked, but he comes back to consciousness in time to catch a brief but fuzzy glimpse of a woman.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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From the dark streets of the city, whether lit by a single streetlamp or brazenly flashing neon signs, to the desolate coastline, where Marlowe is first blackjacked by an unknown assailant, there is no safe haven from disorder and danger.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Lionized by the president and blackjacked by conservatives, the empathy scrap is furious.
Phil Bronstein: I Feel Your Pain, See Your "Empathy," and Raise You a Little EST 2009
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QUINN: I gave you may preferred answer, and you blackjacked me into that one.
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Reimbursing the prospectors and small operators who were blackjacked out of their holdings by our super-corporation.
Medal of Honor Mack Reynolds 1950
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In the last week, a dozen pupils had been seriously cut or blackjacked in hall and locker-room fights.
Null-ABC H. Beam Piper 1934
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If he had been blackjacked there would be the clue of the weapon, always likely to turn up, the chance of witnesses, and also the likelihood in an extreme case that Werner might not die at once, but might talk and give a description of his assailant, or even survive.
The Film Mystery 1908
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Murtha smothered his rage, although I knew he would with pleasure have had us stuck up or blackjacked.
The Ear in the Wall 1908
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"They blackjacked us," whispered Kennedy to me as I staggered to my feet.
The Poisoned Pen 1908
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