With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". of a criminal offense. The term “blackmail” in common usage has an even stronger implication of a crime than the word “patronage” which is defined as follows in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New College Edition (1981), at 961-62 (emphasis added): pat»ron»age n. 1. Support, encouragement, or championship from a patron. 2. A patronizing manner. 3. The trade given to a commercial establishment by its customers. 4. Customers or patrons collectively; clientele. 5. The “power or action of distributing governmental or political positions . 6. The positions so distributed. We therefore conclude that this term, as used in this instance, is not capable of a defamatory meaning. See Bresler, supra. See also Seropian v. Forman, 652 So.2d 490, 496 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1995) (<HOLDING>); Suozzi v. Parente, 202 A.D.2d 94, 616

A: holding that a hypothetical rhetorical threat against the president in the context of a political protest was constitutionally protected
B: holding that a trial courts use of the term alimony was not conclusive against a claim that the award was actually a property settlement
C: holding that the use of the term influence peddling in a defamation action against a newspaper was not defamatory but was mere rhetorical hyperbole a vigorous epithet
D: holding that the mere use of the term settlement offer is permissible and indeed desirable in the course of resolving debts
C.