Entertainment / Basketball / Illegal Defense: A rather nebulous rule that is called irregularly. It's designed to prevent the use of the zone defense; it??s more like a 3-second violation for the defense, in which no defender can stay in the lane for more than, well, 3 seconds.
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Defense Noun Synonyms: shelter, protection, cover, guard, safeguard, shield
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Illegal Adjective Synonyms: unlawful, illegitimate, criminal, felonious, outlawed, prohibited, interdicted, forbidden, proscribed, wrongful, unauthorized, verboten, illicit, actionable
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Business / Finance / Macaroni Defense: A tactic used by a corporation that is the target of a hostile takeover bid involving the issue of a large number of bonds that must be redeemed at a higher value if the company is taken over. MORE
Entertainment / Basketball / Man-To-Man Defense: The defense mandatory in the NBA, where each defensive player is responsible for guarding one opponent. MORE
Entertainment / Football / Nickel Defense: When a defense brings in a 5th defensive back to replace a linebacker on the field, increasing its pass coverage. MORE
Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Left Defenseman: This is a player who plays along the left side of the rink on defense. MORE
Business / Finance / Jonestown Defense: An extreme defensive tactic employed by the management of a target corporation to prevent a hostile takeover. The defensive tactics are so extreme that they typically lead to the destruction of the ta MORE
Entertainment / Football / Illegal Motion: On offense, a player may be in motion but cannot be going forward at the time of the snap (except in Arena football where one player is allowed to do so), and a lineman must be set for one second befo MORE