pistol-whip
verb
pis·tol-whip
pistol-whipped; pistol-whipping; pistol-whips
: to beat with a pistol
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Prosecutors allege Walker was in communication with the juveniles via cell phone during the incident that ended with Jackson being pistol-whipped and shot three times in the back with a Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
Video showing Valerio pistol-whipping the robber and shooting him in the stomach also shows what took place in the minute and a half between the time two young men walked into a liquor store and when one of them lay bleeding on the sidewalk outside.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
Listen to this article A Meriden man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for committing an armed robbery spree in 2021 that sometimes turned violent and led to victims being pistol-whipped in the head.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024
He himself had once been addicted to heroin, slept at bus stops and been pistol-whipped by drug dealers.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
Video showing Valerio pistol-whipping the robber and shooting him in the stomach also shows what took place in the minute and a half between the time two young men walked into a liquor store and when one of them lay bleeding on the sidewalk outside.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
Listen to this article A Meriden man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for committing an armed robbery spree in 2021 that sometimes turned violent and led to victims being pistol-whipped in the head.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024
He himself had once been addicted to heroin, slept at bus stops and been pistol-whipped by drug dealers.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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“Pistol-whip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pistol-whip. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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