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Noun
  • Video footage verified by CNN shows the moment an officer draws his baton amid a struggle with one demonstrator as other officers tussle with protesters on the ground.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Prosecutors said Korosa, who was wearing a walking boot on his foot and using a cane, struck the man on his back and head with the cane, causing the man to fall down the stairs and drop the boy.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That's when Korosa allegedly hit Soria with a cane, causing Soria and Flores to plummet down the stairs.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Bastinado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastinado. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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