variants or bastinade

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Noun
  • Five officers, who are also Black, caught up with him and punched, kicked and hit him with a police baton while trying to handcuff him.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
  • Mills acknowledged that the officers were afraid and exhausted, but said some of the methods used on Nichols complied with police department policies, including using wrist locks and hitting with a baton.
    Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Greer kicked him in the ribs, stomped on his head and picked up Snellings’ cane and hit the victim with it, Hoffman said.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2025
  • Some carried their work briefcases, some American flags, some walked with canes, and others were pushed in wheelchairs…304,000 of them had been wounded in Vietnam.
    Stan Godlewski, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
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“Bastinado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastinado. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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