billy club

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Recent Examples of billy club The officers’ superior should give an order that if this happens again, use their billy clubs — start swinging and don’t stop until the screaming stops. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2024 Then, police officers attacked protesters with billy clubs, dragging them out of Grant Park in a show of bloody force. Mitch Smith, New York Times, 8 May 2024 Have some form of self-protection such as mace, pepper spray, a taser, a crowbar, a billy club, a small baseball bat or a metal flashlight. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024 Benitez’s latest ruling on billy clubs also faces further review. Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for billy club
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billy club
Noun
  • An older man walking with a cane was also caught up in the scuffle and fell on his back.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Walking with a cane and recovering from a recent illness, Mr. Lev could not resist doing a little jig as stepped upon it to the cheers of friends and family.
    Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • When more officers got to the scene, while officers held Nichols' arms and hit him with a barrage of kicks, punches, baton strikes and pepper spray.
    Jack Armstrong, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • Video of the beating, captured by a police pole camera, showed Nichols being held by his arms as officers punched, kicked and struck him with a baton, according to reports from the AP and The Commercial Appeal newspaper.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Billy club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billy%20club. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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