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bootlick

[boot-lik] / ˈbutˌlɪk /
VERB
flatter
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Newsmax's bootlicking has earned it a spot in lawsuits seeking billions of dollars from individuals and outlets promoting "baseless election fraud claims."

From Salon

One name that won't be on the list is Kelly Loeffler, whose loss in the runoff in Georgia was likely because of her servile bootlicking of Trump.

From Salon

Nothing made that more clear than the bootlicking letter of resignation he submitted Monday to President Trump.

From Washington Post

The obsequious Mike Pence once told friends that he “loathed Trump”, and Lindsey Graham aptly defined him as “a race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot”; then they and their cronies got down to some slavish bootlicking.

From The Guardian

But then came John Bolton’s book, revealing Trump’s bootlicking approach to being tough on China.

From The Guardian