frog-march
verb
ˈfrȯg-ˌmärch 
ˈfräg-
frog-marched; frog-marching; frog-marches
: to seize from behind roughly and forcefully propel forward
frog-marched him out the door
Examples of frog-march in a Sentence
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Officers including Boyd and Sheriff Palmer are frog-marching Lee Jung-Gil from his apartment to their processing station following his arrest for the murder of Yoon Tae-Min.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2026
And single file and manacled is exactly how 238 Venezuelans were frog-marched into El Salvador’s prisons last March, expelled from the U.S. without trial.
—Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, video posted by the Salvadoran government showed detainees stripped and having their heads shaved before being frog-marched in handcuffs and chains at their feet and waist into the prison.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
They were deported against the instructions of a federal judge, frog-marched off American planes and forced to kneel before cameras and have their heads shaved.
—Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 30 July 2025
His head was also allegedly shaved, and he was frog-marched to a cell while being hit with wooden batons.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 3 July 2025
Over the next four days, Abrego Garcia’s attorneys say, he was moved to different locations in different states, questioned about gang affiliations, allowed two phone calls to his wife and flown to El Salvador, where he was frog-marched into a maximum-security prison for terrorists known as CECOT.
—Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2025
The videos showed the Venezuelan men arriving from the U.S. in shackles, being frog-marched off the plane and into CECOT.
—Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 23 May 2025
But in reality, no one is getting frog-marched off the plane for forgetting to toggle airplane mode.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2026
And single file and manacled is exactly how 238 Venezuelans were frog-marched into El Salvador’s prisons last March, expelled from the U.S. without trial.
—Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, video posted by the Salvadoran government showed detainees stripped and having their heads shaved before being frog-marched in handcuffs and chains at their feet and waist into the prison.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
They were deported against the instructions of a federal judge, frog-marched off American planes and forced to kneel before cameras and have their heads shaved.
—Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 30 July 2025
His head was also allegedly shaved, and he was frog-marched to a cell while being hit with wooden batons.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 3 July 2025
Over the next four days, Abrego Garcia’s attorneys say, he was moved to different locations in different states, questioned about gang affiliations, allowed two phone calls to his wife and flown to El Salvador, where he was frog-marched into a maximum-security prison for terrorists known as CECOT.
—Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2025
The videos showed the Venezuelan men arriving from the U.S. in shackles, being frog-marched off the plane and into CECOT.
—Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 23 May 2025
But in reality, no one is getting frog-marched off the plane for forgetting to toggle airplane mode.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
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