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throffers  

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  • The term throffer was coined by Hillel Steiner to characterize an intervention that simultaneously constitutes a threat and an offer. “If you fail to do this job for me, I'll kill you” is an example of a threat. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Throffers]

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