truncheon

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Recent Examples of truncheon Each side must field somewhere between two and eleven players, some of whom shall carry flattened truncheons, while others toss about leather balls. Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023 Later, after riot police used truncheons and tear gas to disperse the people, demonstrators set up tent camps with barricades, self-defense units, and banners with revolutionary slogans. Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023 One is lined with corporate PR speak, the other with police truncheons. WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023 If the Second Amendment is not limited to firearms, Monday’s ruling also calls into question state-level bans on weapons like truncheons, saps, billy clubs, nunchucks, and the like. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for truncheon
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Noun
  • As Simeon and Tupe engaged in soothing effleurage and loudly vigorous tapotement, respectively, six Maori women surrounded their tables and sang folk songs in harmony, guided by an elder in the audience with a long, gnarled cane.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Now 77, widowed, remarried and using hearing aids and a cane, Novy hasn’t seen an increase in his $1,575 monthly worker’s compensation check — nor have the other more than 300 other PTD recipients — since 2016.
    TOM KERTSCHER, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Under the baton of Conductor Laureate Christopher Warren-Green, the Charlotte Symphony will be joined by Sphinx Virtuosi, the chamber orchestra of the Sphinx Organization, a national non-profit organization based in Detroit.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Reuters reported that police used water cannons, batons, rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Truncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncheon. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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