संरक्षण (en. Patronizing)

Getting to know the people who are patronizing your business is important for identifying patterns in how often they spend and what they buy.

This can seem to be patronizing advice for those who are waiting for the right time to start a family.

First Khurana and later Arun Jaitley tried to influence the Sikh voters of Delhi by patronizing the Akali leaders in the Gurdwara elections.

The plea that in face of the prevailing dissension between the two factions and the remote possibility of reconciliation, the religious services may be permitted to be conducted by two Vicars of each faith cannot be accepted as that would amount to patronizing parallel systems of administration.

As much as crying is a very weak method of patronizing girls, It is also a big time turn-off for beautiful girls.

In a carrot-and-stick strategy, on the one hand we entice youth into complicity with the adult world, while on the other abashing it with patronizing dismissals and intimidating it with severe punishments for lashing out.

The Chief Minister said before ordering the inquiry, he had apprised the Governor about these photographs, which, if proved to be authentic, would expose the role, nature, and extent of Akali involvement in patronizing criminals and gangsters in the state.