knifepoint

noun

knife·​point ˈnīf-ˌpȯint 

: the point of a knife

see also at knifepoint

Examples of knifepoint in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two men have been accused of robbing a supermarket in Bridgeport at knifepoint on Thursday before leading police on a pursuit that ended in a crash in Woodbridge. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026

According to San Jose police, Husien then committed robberies at an unspecified minimart and at a San Jose liquor store on McKee Road, the latter allegedly at knifepoint. —Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026

According to prosecutors, Trammell flashed a knife at a store clerk in the Morena neighborhood and then held a homeless man hostage at knifepoint. —Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

Smart was 14 when street preacher Brian David Mitchell, then 48, crept into her bedroom in the middle of the night on June 5, 2002, and abducted her at knifepoint. —Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1585, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for knifepoint

• counterpoint
• disappoint
• multipoint
• needlepoint
• reappoint
• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint