machine pistol

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Recent Examples of machine pistol One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said. Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024 Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds. Mike Corder, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021 Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019 Among the guns seized from Cleveland’s home was a Glock Model 19, 9mm fully-automatic machine pistol with what’s called a drum magazine, according to Sax. oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine pistol
Noun
  • Many Allied soldiers drowned, hit mines or were cut down by Nazi machine gun crossfire.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Large groups were indiscriminately huddled together and riddled with machine gun fire.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.
    Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Westman had decorated the assault rifle and shotgun with hate speech in ways that aligned with the dark underbelly of alt-right meme culture that regularly disparages people of color, Jewish people, the LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Hatfield and 41-year-old David Vanover thought Gladwell had stole money from them and confronted him with an assault rifle outside a home on East Miami River Road, according to the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office.
    David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a surreal moment in the movie where Archer has a dream and sees a giant assault weapon floating over a house.
    William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Felony possession of an assault weapon is punishable by up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine under California law.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025

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“Machine pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine%20pistol. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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