Term: protection: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
Candidate hypernym: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) → 1
Candidate hypernym: nuclear medicine: the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells → 0
Candidate hypernym: pride: satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements → 0
Candidate hypernym: whale sucker: large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins → 0
Candidate hypernym: hypanthium: the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pediculosis: infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching → 0
Candidate hypernym: mercilessness: inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving → 0
Candidate hypernym: corps de ballet: the chorus of a ballet company → 0
Candidate hypernym: french bread: a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes → 0
Candidate hypernym: meningitis: infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea → 0
Candidate hypernym: diffuse nebula: a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust → 0