as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
police officers kept their hands on their truncheons
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Recent Examples of truncheon
There were police with truncheons and tear gas outside the ground.
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Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2024
Each side must field somewhere between two and eleven players, some of whom shall carry flattened truncheons, while others toss about leather balls.
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Simon Webster,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
Later, after riot police used truncheons and tear gas to disperse the people, demonstrators set up tent camps with barricades, self-defense units, and banners with revolutionary slogans.
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Hanna Arhirova,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Nov. 2023
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Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2024
Each side must field somewhere between two and eleven players, some of whom shall carry flattened truncheons, while others toss about leather balls.
—
Simon Webster,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
Later, after riot police used truncheons and tear gas to disperse the people, demonstrators set up tent camps with barricades, self-defense units, and banners with revolutionary slogans.
—
Hanna Arhirova,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truncheon
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Jung, who is going into his senior year of high school, said SmartBlink can detect pedestrians using wheelchairs, crutches or canes, too.
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An individual bush can grow up to 15 feet high and 40 feet long, with thick stems, also known as canes, marked by sharp, hooked thorns.
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Alite provided loans at exorbitant rates before threatening violence to collect on them, authorities said, citing the discovery in his home of metal knuckles, an expandable baton, six baseball bats and about two dozen knives, including switchblades.
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Officers can use voice commands, and if those don’t work options include pepper spray, a baton, a TASER or fire extinguisher, though some are more difficult to use on a fast-moving animal, the directive says.
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“Truncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncheon. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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