A government program that provides new identities and protection for witnesses who come forward and testify in court against dangerous targets.

(Internet) A proxy that controls access to a resource based on access rights.

(euphemistic, politics) An antisocialist government that allows suffrage but places sovereignty in the army.

(climbing) Trees, rocks and other natural features which are used to anchor safety equipment.

(law) a term which legally may only be applied to products produced in a specific region

plural of protected cruiser

(military, nautical) A type of cruiser (the warship) carrying moderately-heavy main guns (although considerably lighter than those of a battleship) in armored turrets or other enclosures and having the machinery and magazine spaces protected by an armored lower deck, but leaving the sides of the ship unarmored (relying on the ship's coal bunkers to absorb hits to the sides of the hull) to save weight and allow for a high speed and long range; common in the late 19th century, but rendered obsolescent by the armored cruiser around 1900 as technological advances reduced the weight penalty of a side-mounted armor belt and made warships lacking belt armor increasingly vulnerable to enemy gunfire.

(film) The technique of shooting material in such a way that the areas of interest lie within a rectangular "protected area" within the frame, ensuring that nothing significant is lost when converting to different aspect ratios.

Alternative form of semiprotected

plural of protected term