protection
When someone or something is kept safe from harm or danger.
The action of keeping someone or something safe from injury, damage, danger, or loss.
Something like a tool or rule that stops harm or damage from happening.
A physical device, feature, or measure that prevents damage, injury, or loss.
Help and care given by a group or law to keep people safe and well.
Support, care, or guardianship provided by an authority, organization, or law to ensure safety and well-being.
- Base: protection
- Plural: protection, protections
protection money
1Money paid to avoid harm
Money given to criminals so they will not hurt you or your business.
- Shop owners were forced to pay protection money to the gang.
- The police arrested him for collecting protection money.
under the protection of
1Kept safe by someone/something
Being kept safe by a person, group, law, or thing.
- She lived under the protection of her uncle after her parents died.
- The witnesses were under the protection of the police.
witness protection program
1Official program for witness safety
A government plan that keeps important witnesses safe by hiding their identity and location.
- He entered the witness protection program after testifying against the gang.
- The witness protection program relocated her to another state.