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Definition of unarmed
1 : not armed or armored unarmed civilians; also : not using or involving a weapon unarmed robbery
2 : having no hard and sharp projections (such as spines, spurs, or claws)
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Recent Examples of unarmed from the Web
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Exactly one week before, Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson had killed Michael Brown, an unarmed, black teenager.
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Backed by a witness, a Knox County woman says that a deputy sheriff and constable beat her unarmed son without provocation before the deputy then intentionally murdered him.
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Last week, a $1.5 million settlement was reached in the case of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old who was killed by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
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A Cincinnati judge declared a mistrial in the retrial of former Officer Raymond M. Tensing, who fatally shot Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black motorist, in 2015.
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Madison, Wisconsin, agreed to pay $3.35 million to relatives of 19-year-old Tony Robinson Jr., who was unarmed when he was fatally shot.
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Heaggan-Brown fired the first shot when Smith’s gun was raised in the air, but the second, fatal shot occurred when Smith was unarmed.
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The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year was found not guilty of manslaughter, another in a long list of cops who've been acquitted after shooting unarmed black people.
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Q: How did the recent police shootings of unarmed black men play into the research and writing of the book?
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First Known Use of unarmed
14th century
UNARMED Defined for English Language Learners
unarmed
playDefinition of unarmed for English Language Learners
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: not having a weapon : not armed
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: not using or involving a weapon
UNARMED Defined for Kids
unarmed
playDefinition of unarmed for Students
: having no weapons or armor
Medical Dictionary
unarmed
playMedical Definition of unarmed
: having no arms or armlike projections an unarmed tapeworm
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