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What does heavy-handed mean?

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My apologies to the author for what may well be rather heavy-handed paraphrasing of his often quite poetic prose.
But protesters claimed they had not come to fight and many accused the police of heavy-handed tactics and attacking them for no reason.
They warned, however, that a heavy-handed police response could trigger mass protests.
Some say the police did it to gain sympathy for the coming heavy-handed police tactics at the summit.
It's a good thing the scene was deleted, as it's heavy-handed and the dialogue is awkward.
Killing the arsonist was both heavy-handed and bound to attract further police attention.

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