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Definition of Shootouts
1. shootout [n] - See also: shootout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shootouts
Literary usage of Shootouts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Police Violence in Argentina: Torture and Police Killings in Buenos Aires by Bell Gale Chevigny, Paul Chevigny, Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1991)
"... "confrontations" with the police, and so many more civilians than police are
killed and wounded, suggests that some of the "shootouts" are not shootouts ..."
2. The Culture of Violence by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"Their pictures of gunslingers marching to shootouts in frightened communities
and outlaws holding up ..."
3. Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest: Civil Rights Impacts by John F. Dulles (1998)
"... gunslingers who engaged in shootouts with tequila smugglers along the Rio
Grande, the Border Patrol has evolved into the nation's busiest police force, ..."
4. School Violence: Views of Students & the Community: Congressional Hearings edited by Michael Castle (2001)
"At that point, I was genuinely afraid especially after constantly hearing about
shootouts with innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire. ..."
5. Mexican and American Responses to the International Narcotics Threat edited by Jesse Helms (1999)
"shootouts between police officers are not uncommon occurrences. The overall
situation in Mexico has reached a point where a message needs to be sent ..."
6. Nature, Extent, and Proliferation of Federal Law Enforcement: Hearing Before edited by Bill McCollum (1998)
"But, suU, I think the chairman probably had in mind the fact, hell, we've >ad
shootouts among l-rvv enforcement organizations. ..."
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