patronized

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They would prefer, where possible, to patronize protection agencies that patronized courts that did not give capital punishment.

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having patronage or clients

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adjective

having patronage or clients

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Core meanings and parts of speech for patronized.

adjective

having patronage or clients

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They would prefer, where possible, to patronize protection agencies that patronized courts that did not give capital punishment.

You do realize that a great deal of the Vatican museum collection is art sponsored (patronized) by churchmen, right?

Amazon's store is probably well patronized too (and they seem to have good deals on paid apps).

If someone doesn't want to put forth that effort then they shouldn't feel patronized when the interface assumes the lowest common denominator.

They would, if possible, patronize agencies that patronized courts that did give capital punishment.

You mis-represented one of my arguments and then patronized me to the extreme, so is that the kind of behavior that you're promoting?

I think the being patronized is an effect of the flood of the huge amount low quality.

Some people are driven away by written explanations, or can feel patronized very quick, and I wanted to address that.

When I was a kid, I enjoyed the fact that the kids in the book were not infantalized and patronized.

An author who is being explicit so that a younger adult can catch the subtleties of a conversation, might make the more sophisticated reader feel patronized.

Is there something about being a musician or artist that disallows one from having a valid intellectual opinion taken for its own sake, without being patronized?

Don't you feel patronized when people do that though?

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And - "What really helps them realize they can make a difference is [the ability to make] a decision — and that not making a decision is a criminal offense." If I were an employee of MasterCard, I would feel very patronized and angry in the face of a policy that disregards our opinions - even if it's obviously just a marketing farce for the stockholders.

Additionally, illicit supply chains are hard to attack and often times the consumer "really should have known better", so one of the ways to attack that supply chain is by slapping the hand of the consumer who patronized it, whether or not they actually meant to buy stolen goods.