Looking for words to help explain an oppressive situation.

[Baitball Blogger]

I'll provide an example of a situation, and I need help finding the right way to describe it.

Let's say a corporation's leaders were involved in fraud and conspiracy, and one of their clients turned around and sued them in federal court. Before the case was tried they entered into a settlement agreement with a confidentiality clause. Now this is where it gets interesting: Imagine that these leaders then turn around and tell all the stockholders that the confidentiality clause applies to them, and they cannot talk about the case. But if they did talk about it, they would uncover that they were also victims of the fraud and conspiracy.

It would not only be an oppressive situation, but intimidating tactics would be used to keep people in line. And those who tried to step up and speak up would be ostracized. To make matters worse, a chosen few would be rewarded for keeping others in line.

For the life of me, every time I try to find the two or three words that strung together could explain the feelings that this evokes, I'm unable to find them.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. Try collusion, coercion

Coercion is the practice of forcing another party to act in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or intimidation or some ...

Collusion: An agreement between two or more people to defraud a person of his or her rights or to obtain something that is prohibited by law. A secret arrangement wherein two or

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Unfortunately, I am familiar with both

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Am presently a victim of both.

But fighting back.

It is a long slow process.

CC

[Sekhmets Daughter]

5. Well that sucks...

It can be a miserable process. I wish you luck in your struggle.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. It is something that no one ever prepares you for, isn't it?

[ConcernedCanuk]

10. Sure is.

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Our worst enemies are our own species.

Sorta sad, no?

CC

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Coercion. Coercion.

I need to imprint that in my mind.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

8. I just use post it notes...they're easier!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

2. Are you trying to describe actions or reactions?

I should have asked first...sorry!

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. I read the post again

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"try to find the two or three words that strung together could explain the feelings that this evokes"

how about frustration, anger, confusion?

CC

[Baitball Blogger]

9. frustration, anger and confusion is what keeps me from being able to find

the right words to describe something that has no basis in the law, that is being allowed to continue, diminishing the lives of innocent people.

[ConcernedCanuk]

11. "disgust" comes to mind

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CC

[Baitball Blogger]

12. I'm working on the word deviant. It's a deviant society that was created by acts of

malfeasance in the legal field.

Imagine that. Hiding malfeasance and legal malpractice with more malfeasance and legal malpractice.

Hey, where else but Florida? Right?

[ConcernedCanuk]

15. Hey, it happens in Canada too.

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Florida does not have the monopoly on malfeasance in the legal field.

Canada is not as nice as the world perceives it to be.

The country, land? - yes.

But since we lost Chretien as our leader, Martin and Harper have led our country downhill.

I cannot honestly say I am proud to be a Canadian.

Look at our tar sands mess . . .

Our government sucks.

But I still would rather be here than in the USA.

CC

[rug]

13. Qui tam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qui_tam

[Baitball Blogger]

14. This might apply to the situation I described above,

But it doesn't quite fit my actual situation. But, thanks for the link. I learned something.

[Locut0s]

16. Blackmail, back stabbing, come to mind.

[Scuba]

17. "K-Y Jelly recommended"